Sunday, August 14, 2016
Six people died when a small aircraft flying from central Florida to Oxford, Mississippi, developed engine problems and crashed Sunday morning while trying to land in Alabama, authorities said.
A pilot issued a distress signal around 11:10 a.m. Sunday, and the aircraft went down moments later short of a runway at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport, Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon said during a joint news conference with Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox.
Firefighters made it to the site within three minutes of the crash but were unable to save any of the six people on board, Herndon said.
Type: Silhouette image of generic PA31 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Piper PA-31-325 Navajo C/R
Owner/operator: Oxford University Aircraft Charters LLC
Registration: N447SA
C/n / msn: 318312016
Fatalities: 6
Piper PA-31 N447SA
Catalog #: Quastler233
Manufacturer: Piper
Designation: PA-31
Airline: Skystream Airlines
Serial Number: N447SA
Details: "Date of photo: 06/09/1975
FAA Registry - Aircraft - N-Number Inquiry