Georgia businessman dies after plane crash just a mile from airport, minutes after reporting engine trouble

Georgia businessman Eric Stephens, 57, died when a single-engine plane crashed in a wooded area about a mile from Gwinnett County Airport on Tuesday evening. The pilot had reported a rough engine shortly before the crash, according to audio cited by local media. Peter Magnuson, the other person aboard, survived and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Stephens founded the health technology company zPaper.