Plane Crash Claims Life Of AOPA’s Richard McSpadden

Bill Carey October 02, 2023
Richard McSpadden

Richard McSpadden

Credit: AOPA
Richard McSpadden, senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute, and former National Football League star Russ Francis were killed Oct. 1 when their single-engine Cessna 177 Cardinal crashed after takeoff from Lake Placid Airport, New York...
Bill Carey

Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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