The plane crash that killed former NFL tight end Russ Francis and another man was the result of an engine power failure, a federal investigator said Tuesday, per the Associated Press (h/t ESPN).
Francis and Richard McSpadden took flight at the Lake Placid Airport on Sunday in a single-engine Cessna 177 before turning around and attempting to land after experiencing an emergency.
The plane hit a berm at the end of the runway before falling 30 feet into a ravine.
"The engine apparently lost power," National Transportation Safety Board investigator Todd Gunther said at a briefing Tuesday.