Skipper Beck, part owner of the Bobcats, was killed in a Rock Hill plane crash early Friday.

William ?Skipper? Beck Jr., 49, was piloting the Cirrus SR-22 that crashed just after takeoff from the Rock Hill/York County Airport at about 7:15 a.m. Witnesses said the plane took off and the pilot must have had trouble because he was turning back toward the airport when the plane suddenly went down.