 A family of five from Georgia is dead in a plane crash in the Catskill Mountains in New York. More from Jonathan O'Halloran. The family was flying home after taking part in a baseball tournament in Cooperstown, New York when state police say the single-engine Piper they were in went down in Masonville. The victims have now been identified as Laura and Ryan Van Epps, 12-year-old James Van Epps and 10-year-old Harrison Van Epps. The fifth victim, Roger Beggs, was piloting the plane.