The aircraft, operated as a Part 135 cargo flight, collided with the ground in a nose-down, near-vertical attitude at 1210 Central time. Visual conditions prevailed; the Airline Transport-rated pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. While in cruise flight at 16,000 feet, the pilot requested and was cleared to make a 360-degree turn to the left. Shortly afterward, the pilot requested a 360-degree turn to the right. The pilot then requested radar vectors to the closest airport and reported an asymmetric fuel condition. Controllers cleared the flight to 4000 feet. About a minute later the pilot transmitted Mayday six times and shortly after this radar and radio contact with the flight was lost. Witnesses saw the aircraft descending at a high rate of speed in a near-vertical attitude. It then collided with the ground and exploded.
February 8, 2006 in Paris, Tenn. / Swearingen SA-226-TC
The aircraft, operated as a Part 135 cargo flight, collided with the ground in a nose-down, near-vertical attitude at 1210 Central time. Visual conditions prevailed; the Airline Transport-rated pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. While in cruise flight at 16,000 feet, the pilot requested and was cleared to make a 360-degree turn to the left. Shortly afterward, the pilot requested a 360-degree turn to the right. The pilot then requested radar vectors to the closest airport and reported an asymmetric fuel condition. Controllers cleared the flight to 4000 feet. About a minute later the pilot transmitted Mayday six times and shortly after this radar and radio contact...
Key Takeaways:
- A Part 135 cargo flight crashed in a near-vertical attitude, resulting in the fatal injury of the Airline Transport-rated pilot and the destruction of the aircraft.
- Prior to the crash, the pilot executed two 360-degree turns while in cruise flight and subsequently reported an asymmetric fuel condition, requesting vectors to the nearest airport.
- After being cleared to descend, the pilot transmitted "Mayday" multiple times before radar and radio contact was lost, with witnesses observing the aircraft descending rapidly before impact.
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