A small plane has crashed near a small airport in Tennessee, killing all three occupants, including the pilot.
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According to a statement by the FAA, 'A Mooney M20TN crashed south of Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Tennessee around noon local time on Saturday, April 26.'
Per NBC, the airport director, Dean Selby, confirmed the identities of everyone on board. The passengers were Dylan Clay Davis and Kelsie Lynn Davis, a married couple. Jonathan Braun was the pilot. The outlet explains that personnel at the airport heard the M20TN going down just before midday. The Memphis Air Traffic Control Center contacted the Upper Cumberland Airport moments later, saying they had lost contact with the plane.
Many details about the incident remain unclear. The plane was reportedly en route to the Tennessee airport from Alabama and 'was on its decent' when it crashed. We don't know if a pilot error or plane malfunction is to blame, and the FAA and NTSB are investigating.
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White County Firefighters Association posted an update about the incident on Facebook. They explained that emergency crews were on the ground near the Almyra Road area shortly after the crash. According to Sparta Live, Emergency Services could not find the wreckage at first and had to use an 'overhead flight of the area' to track it down.Unfortunately, April has proven a busy month for plane crashes across the US. At the beginning of the month, another aircraft crashed in a rural area in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The 1973 Cessna 310Q fixed-wing multi-engine plane had room for six occupants but only had a pilot on board, who died in the crash. The wreck landed on farm property, but did not damage any structures.
On April 18, another small aircraft crashed into a river in Nebraska. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office said that the plane was flying alongside the Platte River. The incident claimed the lives of all three people on board. While the cause of the crash remains unconfirmed, "severe thunderstorms" were reported in the area the night before the incident.
