A tragic plane crash on June 30 took the lives of a family of five returning from a youth baseball tournament in upstate New York. They were flying in a single-engine Piper Malibu Mirage that took off from Oneonta Municipal Airport and crashed in Masonville, about 90 miles southeast of Syracuse. The victims included Roger Beggs, 76; Laura VanEpps, 43; Ryan VanEpps, 42; James R. VanEpps, 12; and Harrison VanEpps, 10.
The family had been in Cooperstown, known for its baseball tournament and the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Local police were alerted to a possible crash around 2 p.m. on Sunday and launched a search in the Lake Cecil Road area using helicopters, drones, and ATVs. They eventually located the crash site. Roger Beggs was the pilot, and their flight plan included a refueling stop in West Virginia before heading to Atlanta.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp expressed his condolences on X (formerly Twitter) on July 1, asking others to pray for the loved ones of the Beggs and VanEpps families. Ryan VanEpps’ sister, Ansley, also shared her grief over the loss.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and state police. Our deepest sympathies go out to the VanEpps family and their friends during this incredibly difficult time.
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