- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 08, 2006
Time: 1212
Location: Near Paris, Tennessee
Operator: TriCoastal Air
Flight #: ?
Route: Dayton, Ohio -
AC Type: Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II
Registration: N629EK
cn / ln: TC-396
Aboard: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:0  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The pilot of the cargo flight reported he had an asymmetric fuel condition. The pilot asked for a lower altitude and controllers cleared the flight to 4,000 feet. About a minute later the pilot transmitted six "Maydays." The airplane then descended in a near vertical dive until it crashed into a pasture. The pilot's inflight loss of control following a reported fuel asymmetry condition for undetermined reasons.
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