Logan couple and former Aggies killed in plane crash
Around 7 p.m. on Aug. 15, a Cessna 182 plane crash in Davis County killed three — including two Utah State University students.
Davis County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue located the plane the following morning after someone called in to report the crash.
The crash was near Bountiful in a remote area in the Sessions Mountains. The small plane went down about 18 minutes after taking off from Skypark Airport in Woods Cross.
Investigators still don’t know what caused the crash.
Officials have identified the individuals as Tyson Peterson, his wife Kallie Edwards Peterson, and the pilot of the plane, J. Parker Christensen.
Tyson was 25 years old and Kallie was 24 years old and both had attended Utah State University.
According to Kallie’s Instagram page, the Logan couple had been married on Aug. 14, 2020 and were sealed in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple on April 21, 2021.
Kallie Petersen had also just recently graduated from the aviation program at USU with a bachelor’s in Aviation Technology with a professional pilot emphasis in fixed wing and was a Certified Flight Instructor.
Tyson Petersen was also an Aggie, originally from Colorado, and a return missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he served in Villahermosa, Mexico.
Tyson was working towards his undergraduate degree and then had planned to attend dental school.
Many are remembering the couple through social media posts.
In a Facebook post from Bill Garren, a former co-worker of Tyson’s in the Utah State Athletics video department, he wrote, “[Tyson’s] laughter and smile always made him a pleasure to be around. Rest in peace my friend.”
Kallie’s sister, Kenna Edwards, also posted on Instagram and said, “Kallie and Tyson, I love you beyond words. I will strive to be like you two everyday and hope to feel you along the way. Every time I look to the sky, I know you’ll be looking down back at me.”
The pilot, J. Parker Christensen, was a 28-year-old from Ogden and served in the U.S. Navy. Christensen was also a deep-sea diver, however, according to his obituary, his love and greatest joy was being a pilot.
Kallie Petersen had been one of Christensen’s former flight instructors and he was piloting her and Tyson for an anniversary flight.
Funeral services for Christensen were held on Aug. 21 in Ogden and services for Kallie and Tyson are being held on Aug. 26 in Hooper.
To honor the couple, there is also a scholarship fund being created in their name called “The Tyson and Kallie Edwards Peterson Spirit Scholarship” that will be a memorial scholarship given to Utah State University.
You can donate to the scholarship fund through this link: https://www.successfund.com/kallie_edwards_peterson
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