Francis H. McAdams, Jr. (December 27, 1915 – December 11, 1985) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a longtime member of the United States National Transportation Safety Board. He joined the board on July 31, 1967, having been nominated a few months earlier by President Lyndon Johnson, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 20, 1978. McAdams published "Professional immunity and incident reporting" through the Department of Transportation, National Transportation Safety Board in 1977. He died December 11, 1985 while jogging.