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An airplane owned by an Albany County-based flying club crashed at a Rhode Island airport in July 2025, killing Montgomery County Legislator Daniel Wilson. His estate is suing the club and the 88-year-old pilot. Daniel Wilson's estate is suing over his death in a plane crash last year. ALBANY — The estate of a former Montgomery County legislator who was killed in a small plane crash last year in Rhode Island is suing the 88-year-old pilot and the Albany flying club that rented him the aircraft. Daniel Wilson, a 77-year-old retired construction manager and former member of the Montgomery County Legislature, died from his injuries sustained in the crash 13 months ago at an airport on Block Island, R.I.
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As they neared the Rhode Island airport, Doll allegedly did not follow air traffic control instructions when they were roughly 20 nautical miles away from the runway to switch his radio from a frequency for radar-controlled landings to visual flight landing.
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