The plane went down in Coffee County, located 60 miles from Nashville, highway patrol officials said. Several people have been airlifted.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...Yr3z8ccFCPO0OrWaI%3D

A plane with as many as 20 people on board crashed in Tennessee on Sunday, leading to several people being airlifted to hospitals, the state highway patrol confirmed.

“Initial reports suggest 16–20 people were on board. Some have been airlifted to nearby hospitals,” the Tennessee Highway Patrol wrote in a post on the social media platform X, adding that the plane went down in Coffee County, around 60 miles south of Nashville.
In a post on Facebook, the highway patrol said that several people have been flown to hospitals. Others are being evaluated on-site, it added.

“This remains an active and developing situation,” said the law enforcement agency. “Tullahoma first responders and Coffee County EMS are leading response efforts. Please avoid the area to allow emergency crews room to operate safely. They will share more updates as information becomes publicly available.”

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

Another article said it was a Twin Otter from

https://www.skydivetullahoma.com/

Looked like no one was killed although there are some injuries.

Takeoff accident?

A big parachute?

Crashed shortly after takeoff, approx 1000ft off the departure end.

Empennage and left wing separated on impact, #2 engine prop blades show tip damage and are in feathered position. (likely from the tree it appears to have impacted a few yards behind the aircraft)


One person reported critical, 3-4 in hospital.

Skydiving flights do have a bad safety record.

Very fortunate outcome obviously. That could have been a horrible tragedy. Maybe the pilot did a great job getting it on the ground? Soft early summer grass is a good landing under that situation.

Overweight would be my bet. Not uncommon with the skydiving groups. Just pile a bunch of people in and head up. It was the partial cause of one up around here a few years back. Killed five as I recall.

If the right engine was feathered (appears that way but may not have been) it means the pilot shut down that engine. He may have been too heavy to stay in the air single engine.

But we need the official report before knowing what really happened.

Local DZ lost a Twin Otter years ago that lost an engine on takeoff.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investiga.../Reports/AAR0803.pdf

quote:

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of
this accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed following a loss of power in the right engine due to the fracturing of compressor turbine blades for undetermined reasons.

Contributing to some parachutists’ injuries was the lack of a more effective restraint
system on the airplane.