ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386567
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| Date: | Friday 12 April 2024 |
| Time: | c. 16:34 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II HP |
| Owner/operator: | Thunderbird Air LLC |
| Registration: | N9236J |
| MSN: | 3213067 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | E of Claxton, TN -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Knoxville-McGhee Tyson Airport, TN (TYS/KTYS) |
| Grand Rapids-Gerald R. Ford International Airport, MI (GRR/KGRR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
A Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II HP suffered an inflight breakup and crashed into wooded area near Gadsontown Lane, east of Claxton, Tennessee, 17m after departure from McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS/KTYS). ADS-B data show an erratic flightpath in the final seconds and a -11000 fpm rate.
The pilot perished and the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
https://www.wvlt.tv/2024/04/13/faa-ntsb-lead-anderson-county-plane-crash-investigation/
https://www.aol.com/plane-crashes-friday-claxton-community-001833497.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANspvgv2tz6q37eGPMrFd7fM6zxyxeOGRuZ0e--ECyYlSsLGSCTjUQiLqyEbLBtj6p4kCi0d7ZerEf2EZS_ltm4343NQdAZ5UpeugoUzgJ6Ywnn9vsl1y_yyGjImwgSJgDbnP7SlNhOkKYk6n-2E16Ra9XcitRPTbt93eBrC0JIb
https://www.wate.com/news/sheriffs-office-investigating-plane-crash-in-anderson-county/
FAA ASIAS
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9236J
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N9236J/history/20240412/1955Z/KTYS/KGRR
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/85027_1645508555.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
NTSB investigating the April 12 crash of a Piper PA-32R-301 airplane near Powell, Tennessee.
— NTSB Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) April 13, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2024 22:47 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 13-Apr-2024 05:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Apr-2024 05:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Apr-2024 05:20 | RobertMB | Updated [[Location, Embed code, Narrative, Category]] |
| 13-Apr-2024 05:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Category] |
| 15-Apr-2024 16:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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