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Oct 21, 2023 · LAKE PLACID — The National Transportation Safety Board’s initial investigation of the plane crash that killed New England Patriots great Russ Francis and another man offers new details about the...
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Oct 4, 2023 · Three-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion Russ Francis was one of two people who died in a plane crash over the weekend in New York. A federal investigator said Tuesday the plane's...
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Richard McSpadden, 63, and Russ Francis, 70, died after the Cessna Cardinal they were flying crashed near the runway of the Lake Placid Airport, “striking an earth embankment,” according to New...
Oct 5, 2023 · Russ Francis, the former New England Patriots and NFL standout who won a Super Bowl title with the San Francisco 49ers, last weekend died at the age of 70 in a plane crash, as did one other...
Oct 2, 2023 · The plane that crashed at the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday, killing former NFL player Russ Francis and one other man, took “a hard roll to the left" shortly after takeoff, federal...
(WCAX/CBS Newspath) Francis, 70, and Richard McSpadden, 63, had just departed from the Lake Placid Airport shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday in a single-engine Cessna 177 when the plane encountered...
Oct 3, 2023 · Russ Francis, a standout tight end for the New England Patriots who went on to help the San Francisco 49ers win a Super Bowl, died Sunday in a plane crash. Francis, one of two men said to...