3 killed in small plane crash in Tennessee, officials say
SPARTA, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - Three people were killed in a small plane crash in Tennessee over the weekend, according to officials.
Pilot Jonathan Braun and engers Dylan Clay Davis and his wife Kelsie Lynn Davis, both of Alabama, were killed when the aircraft went down just before noon on Saturday in White County.
Dean Selby, the Upper Cumberland regional airport director, said a witness saw the plane going down and called 911.
Authorities said it took some time to locate the crash.
“We had one of our pilots actually go up and try to look from an aerial standpoint who actually identified the crash site,” Selby said.
The crash was eventually found in a field off Almyra Road.
“We run out of this airport anywhere from 90 to some days 200, 300 operations a day, and this is the first accident I’m aware of that this airport has had in 15 to 16 years that involved a fatality,” Selby said.
The cause of the crash remains unknown, but the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation istration are investigating.
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