| - | 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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