Editor’s note: Police on Friday released the identities of the pilot and passenger injured in the plane crash Thursday at the Morrisville-Stowe State Airport. Beth Schiller, 56, of Essex, New York, the pilot, and Phillip Camp, 56, the passenger whose address was not immediately available, were both listed Friday in good condition at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.
Two people were hospitalized after the small plane they were in crashed Thursday while landing at the Morrisville-Stowe State Airport.
The pilot and passenger suffered “moderate to severe” injuries, according to police, and were flown by helicopter to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington for treatment.
Police say they are withholding the names of the two injured people to allow time to notify their families. Their conditions at the hospital were not immediately available late Thursday afternoon.
The four-seat plane was a single-engine Cessna 170, according to Arlene Salac, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson.
Morristown police, fire and rescue crews all responded to the crash that took place at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
The first responders on the scene saw the downed aircraft with two people trapped inside, according to Morristown police. The two people were freed by rescuers and flown to the hospital, police said.
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board.
According to FAA information, the plane is registered to Docjosh LTD of Essex, N.Y., and online flight trackers showed the plane leaving Essex, N.Y., earlier Thursday morning.
The white and orange aircraft was heavily damaged but still upright, with its landing gear crushed beneath it, as it sat Thursday afternoon outside a hangar at the Morrisville-Stowe airport.
Officials at the airport Thursday declined to talk about the crash, referring comment to the investigating agencies. The airport was back up-and-running Thursday afternoon.
In addition to Morristown police, the Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department, Vermont State Police and Stowe police responded to the crash.
The last major crash involving the Morrisville-Stowe airport occurred in August 2018. That’s when a glider crashed about 1,000 feet from the summit of Sterling Mountain, killing the pilot and both passengers on board.