The two people killed in an airplane crash at the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday have been identified as Russ Francis, a former NFL tight end who recently purchased the Lake Placid Airways scenic tour business at the airport and Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden.
The very sad part about this is that McSpadden did YouTube videos for the Aeronautical Safety Institute and in one of those videos, he discusses the "graveyard turn", which is when a single engine failure occurs on take off and the pilot tries to return to the runway. This is very rarely possible.
This "graveyard turn" is exactly what they were trying to pull off when their engine quit right after take off.
McSpadden was a very popular general aviation figure.
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The very sad part about this is that McSpadden did YouTube videos for the Aeronautical Safety Institute and in one of those videos, he discusses the "graveyard turn", which is when a single engine failure occurs on take off and the pilot tries to return to the runway. This is very rarely possible.
This "graveyard turn" is exactly what they were trying to pull off when their engine quit right after take off.
McSpadden was a very popular general aviation figure.