Springfield Flight Kills Pilot In Brentwood Crash Tuesday
Pictures courtesy: Brentwood Police
ROBERTSON COUNTY TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – In response to the FAA, a single-engine Piper PA-32 that took off from Springfield-Robertson County Airport in Springfield this morning has crashed and one particular person is lifeless.
The small craft went down on Previous Smyrna Rd between Jones Pkwy and Edmondson Pike round 7:30 am Tuesday morning. Officers are indicating that the world will probably be closed off to the general public for an prolonged interval whereas the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) examine. LOCATION OF CRASH Officers are asking the general public to keep away from the world as crews work.
The Brentwood Police Division has confirmed that one particular person died within the crash. The FAA reported the airplane was a single-engine Piper PA-32 and the pilot was flying alone. It took off from Springfield-Robertson County Airport in Springfield, Tennessee, and was headed for Fayetteville Municipal Airport in Fayetteville, Tennessee. The identification of the pilot has not been launched.
In an audio recording obtained by Smokey’s information associate, WSMV 4, the pilot might be heard telling an air site visitors controller he’s having engine issues. He requested an emergency touchdown at John C. Tune Airport, earlier than asking to land at Nashville Worldwide Airport.
In response to Information 4, the pilot might be heard asking the air site visitors controller to inform his household he loves them.
Brentwood officers additionally confirmed the airplane took out a number of energy traces when it got here down, inflicting a number of outages within the space. These have since been restored.
The highway will stay closed till the wreckage is cleared. The NTSB will start its crash investigation on Wednesday.
Pictures courtesy: Brentwood Police
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