Carl Kruppa, Nannette Plett-Kruppa, and Stuart Camenson die in fatal Watsonville Municipal Airport plane collision
Fatal Watsonville Municipal Airport plane collision death of Carl Kruppa, Nannette Plett-Kruppa, and Stuart Camenson – Obituary
On Monday, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office identified the three individuals who perished in a tragic plane collision that occurred on Thursday afternoon at Watsonville Municipal Airport, located east of Santa Cruz. The crash, which happened around 3 p.m., involved two aircraft approaching the airport for landing.
The victims of the crash have been named as Carl Kruppa, 75, and Nannette Plett-Kruppa, 67, both from Winton, and Stuart Camenson, 32, from Santa Cruz. According to the sheriff-coroner’s statement, all three individuals were killed in the incident.
The authorities expressed their deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased. However, it has not been specified which of the victims were pilots and which was the passenger.
The Federal Aviation Administration had previously identified the aircraft involved as a single-engine Cessna 152 and a twin-engine Cessna 340. The single-engine plane was reported to have only one pilot on board, whereas the twin-engine aircraft was carrying a pilot and a passenger.
City of Watsonville images revealed one plane’s wreckage inside a severely damaged hangar, while KCBS-TV Channel 2 footage displayed the second plane in a nearby field.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are currently conducting investigations into the cause of the collision.
Fatal Watsonville Municipal Airport plane collision death of Carl Kruppa, Nannette Plett-Kruppa, and Stuart Camenson – Obituary On Monday, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office identified the three individuals who perished in a tragic plane collision that occurred on Thursday afternoon at Watsonville Municipal Airport, located east of Santa Cruz. The crash, which happened around…
Fatal Watsonville Municipal Airport plane collision death of Carl Kruppa, Nannette Plett-Kruppa, and Stuart Camenson – Obituary On Monday, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office identified the three individuals who perished in a tragic plane collision that occurred on Thursday afternoon at Watsonville Municipal Airport, located east of Santa Cruz. The crash, which happened around…