| Date: | Wednesday 8 February 2006 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Owner/operator: | TriCoastal Air |
| Registration: | N629EK |
| MSN: | TC-396 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15883 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-10UA-511G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Paris, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dayton-James Cox Dayton International Airport, OH (DAY/KDAY) |
| Harlingen-Valley International Airport, TX (HRL/KHRL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Metro cargo plane departed Toledo Express (TOL) at 10:16, arriving at Dayton (DAY) at 10:50 EST. The Metro was to transport auto parts to Harlingen (HRL) and departed again at 11:48. The aircraft climbed to a cruising altitude of FL160 which it reached at 11:56 EST. En route the pilot requested and was cleared to make a 360-degree turn to the left. Shortly after this, the pilot requested a 360-degree turn to the right. The pilot then requested radar vectors to the closest airport. Controllers gave the pilot a vector to the closest airport and asked if he had an emergency. The pilot reported he had an asymmetric fuel condition. The pilot then asked for a lower altitude. Controllers cleared the flight to 4,000 feet. About a minute later the pilot transmitted "Mayday" six times. The airplane descended fast in a near vertical attitude and crashed next to a pasture in a heavily wooded area.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's inflight loss of control following a reported fuel asymmetry condition for undetermined reasons."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
FAA
NTSB
The Paris Post-Intelligencer
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 January 1990 | N396AV | Amr Corporation | 0 | Morrisville, NC | |
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Location
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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oakland International Airport, CA (OAK); January 1984
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