ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233528
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 March 2020 |
| Time: | c. 00:35 |
| Type: | several aircraft |
| Owner/operator: | various/private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nashville-John C. Tune Airport, TN (KJWN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Nashville's John C Tune Airport in Tennessee, USA, was hit by a tornado shortly before 1 a.m. Several hangars have been destroyed.
Multiple aircraft have sustained various levels of damage.
Photos from the scene show the following aircraft:
- Beech F33A Bonanza (N874JS); destroyed with wings and tail ripped off
- Beech V35 Bonanza (N5408D) with a collapsed nosegear
- Beech 200 (N2PY) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Beechcraft B200 (N186EB) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Beech B300 (N615CL) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier 1A (N2112) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Cessna 172M (N630TC)
- Cessna 172/182 flipped upside down with damage to left-hand wing and tail
- Cessna 310 in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Cessna 525 CitationJet (N177VV) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Cessna S550 Citation (N45NC) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Cirrus SF50 (N217TR) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- Cirrus SF50 (N223AT) flipped upside down; tail severed
- Cirrus SR20 (N503RR) with severed tail
- Cirrus SR22 (N276DP) with collapsed nose gear
- Cirrus SR22T (N16LX) flipped upside down; tail severed
- Cirrus SR22T (N257DA) severe damage in the open
- Cirrus SR22T (N712GB) severe damage in the open
- Cirrus SR20/22 severe damage in the open
- Dassault Falcon 2000 (N519JD) no observable major damage
- Dassault Falcon 7X (N377EF) seemingly some dents in fuselage
- Piper PA-31 Navajo (2x)
- Smith Aerostar 601P (N707LK); severed tail
- TBM900 (N948S) with severe damage to the tail
- Robinson R44 (N1189) in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
- several corporate jets in the rubble of a collapsed hangar
Sources:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nashville-tornado-damage-plane-severe-weather-tossed-tennessee
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-03-03/nashville-airport-hammered-tornado
https://tennessee.liveuamap.com/en/2020/3-march-before-the-overnight-tornado-struck-germantown--east
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/march/03/tune-airport-devastated-as-tornado-strikes-nashville
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/03/03/how-deadly-destructive-tornadoes-ravaged-nashville-tuesday/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-weather-tennessee/tornadoes-kill-at-least-25-in-tennessee-on-super-tuesday-crews-search-for-missing-idUSKBN20Q2C6
https://www.radarbox24.com/data/registration/N217TR
Media:
Here’s a couple of photos taken by TN Aeronautics documenting the destruction. Very thankful for @TDOTCommish leadership and partnership #JWNStrong https://t.co/kTNJte0FSU pic.twitter.com/voccMEoHnn
— Doug Kreulen (@DougKreulen) March 5, 2020
Planes flipped over at Lebanon Airport east of Nashville from this morning's tornado. #nashvilletornado @FOXNashville @NWSNashville pic.twitter.com/IhoinUBvEw
— Justin Chambers (@jctvweather) March 3, 2020
Significant damage to a couple of King Airs at the June C Tune airport in Nashville. pic.twitter.com/T1s0tkA49K
— Holton Hancock (@HoltonHancock) March 3, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2020 18:54 | Rumbachtaler | Added |
| 03-Mar-2020 19:03 | harro | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2020 19:12 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2020 19:16 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2020 00:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2020 01:20 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2020 01:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2020 03:12 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2020 05:55 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Mar-2020 09:35 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2020 05:46 | Geno | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2020 18:47 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2020 11:03 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2020 14:11 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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