Mooney M20TN accident near Sparta, TN
On April 26, 2025, a Mooney M20TN (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sparta, TN. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 26, 2025
- Place
- Sparta, TN
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20TN · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.028°N, 85.552°W
- NTSB ID
- 20250426200069
NTSB summary
On April 26, 2025, about 1147 central daylight time, a Mooney M20TN, N242RE, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Sparta, Tennessee. The private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14?Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Earlier that day the pilot flew from the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport (SRB), Sparta, Tennessee, to Shelby County Airport (EET), Alabaster, Alabama, where he landed, boarded 2 passengers and some cargo, then departed to return to SRB. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) preliminary air traffic control audio and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data, after takeoff about 1039 the flight proceeded toward SRB while maintaining contact with several air traffic control facilities along the route of flight. Approaching SRB from the southwest, at 1136:55, the Sector 41 Radar Position controller of the Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center instructed the pilot to cross the WENUB (intermediate fix/initial approach fix) at or above 4,000 ft and cleared the flight for the RNAV runway 4 approach to SRB. The flight continued direct to WENUB then turned to a northeast direction while flying toward SRB. At 1143:52, when the flight was about 6.2 nautical miles from the approach end of runway 4, the pilot cancelled his instrument flight rules clearance and informed the controller that the cloud bases were at 3,000 ft. Personnel at SRB reported hearing the pilot announce on the SRB common traffic advisory frequency that the flight was 11 mile
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
