Air disaster

1993 Tennessee Fairchild Merlin crash

1 Apr 1993 · 36.57° N, 83.32° W

Open on the map

What the records say

When
1 Apr 1993
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
36.57° N, 83.32° W
Description
aircraft accident

1993 Tennessee Fairchild Merlin crash

Aircraft accident

On the evening of April 1, 1993, a Swearingen Merlin III twin turboprop, carrying NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki, crashed near Blountville, Tennessee, while on approach to the nearby Tri-Cities Regional Airport. All four people on board, including Alan Kulwicki, two executives of his corporate sponsor Hooters, and the pilot, were killed.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

The source

Nearby in time and place