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Lake Placid Airport (IATA: LKP, ICAO: KLKP, FAA LID: LKP) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district of Lake Placid, [1] a village in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, United States. It is owned by the North Elba Park District.
On October 1, 2023, a Cessna 177RG Cardinal crashed after losing power on takeoff from Lake Placid Airport, and failed to return to the runway, killing pilot 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 ...
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — The small plane crash that killed former NFL tight end Russ Francis and another man at an Adirondack Mountains airport occurred after the craft's engine apparently lost ...
The New York State Police said the aircraft crashed into an embankment at the corner of the airport. Francis was president of Lake Placid Airways, which runs charter and scenic flights. A longtime ...
On October 1, 2023, McSpadden was killed in an aircraft accident in Lake Placid, New York. He was 63. [8] [9] [10] He and former American football player Russ Francis were flying a Cessna 177 out of Lake Placid Airport when the aircraft's engine failed. They attempted to return to the airport but crashed into a ravine near it.
The Lake Placid News also reported that Francis had recently purchased the Lake Placid Airways scenic tour business. Francis loved flying, and grew up wanting to be a pilot.
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 ...
This is a list of airports in New York (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.