A single-engine Mooney M20TN plane crashed in Tennessee on Saturday morning, resulting in the deaths of all three individuals onboard. The crash occurred south of Upper Cumberland Regional Airport in Sparta around 11:50 a.m., as indicated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The airport director, Dean Selby, reported that the facility received notifications of the aircraft’s descent shortly before losing communication with it.
Emergency response teams, fire and rescue personnel, and volunteers initiated a search for the crash site. Their efforts were aided by an aerial search conducted by a plane from the airport, which ultimately located the wreckage in a remote area. Following the incident, the FAA confirmed it would investigate the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), responsible for leading the investigation, is scheduled to arrive on-site the following day. Selby noted that the identities of the victims are being withheld until their next of kin can be informed.
This tragic incident is part of a concerning trend, as there have been multiple small plane crashes recently, each resulting in fatalities. Just last month, a plane crashed into a house in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Following that, another plane went down in upstate New York, and a separate incident claimed three lives when a plane crashed into a river in Nebraska. Additionally, four people died in a single-engine aircraft crash in Illinois the day after that. The increase in these accidents raises questions about aviation safety in recent weeks. Sparta is located approximately 96 miles southeast of Nashville.
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