Date & Time: May 29, 2021 at 1055 LT
Type of aircraft: Cessna 501 Citation I
Operator: JL & GL Productions LP
Registration: N66BKFlight
Phase: Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type: Private
Survivors: No
Site: Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN: 501-0254YOM: 1982
Location: Smyrna-Rutherford County Tennessee
Country: United States of America
Region: North America
Crew on board: 1Crew fatalities: 1Pax on board: 6Pax fatalities: 6
Other fatalities: 0Total fatalities: 7
Circumstances: The aircraft departed Smyrna-Rutherford County Airport runway 32 at 1053LT with six passengers and one pilot on board. After takeoff, the aircraft entered a right turn and climbed to 2,900 feet when it lost height and descended to 1,800 feet before climbing again to 3,000 feet. It then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Percy Priest Lake, about 5 km east of the airport. All seven occupants were killed.
The plane was headed to Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. The National Transportation Safety Board said it had sent two investigators to the crash site. A preliminary report on the crash is expected in about two weeks, the agency said, and a complete report, including the probable cause, could take up to two years.
Actor Joe Lara – best known for starring in the TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures – has been killed.
The star, 58, was one of seven people to die when a small jet crashed into a lake near the town of Smyrna.
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