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Alan Kulwicki plane crash
A Fairchild SA227-TT Merlin, similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
DateApril 1, 1993 (1993-04-01)
SummaryCrashed on approach in icing conditions
Site5.5 miles (9 km) northeast of Tri-Cities Regional Airport
36°33′54.5″N 82°18′48.7″W / 36.565139°N 82.313528°W / 36.565139; -82.313528
Aircraft
Aircraft typeFairchild SA227-TT Merlin
OperatorEastern Foods Inc.
RegistrationN500AK
Flight originMcGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, Tennessee
DestinationTri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, Tennessee
Occupants4
Passengers3
Crew1
Fatalities4
Survivors0

On the evening of April 1, 1993, NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki was killed in an aviation accident when the Swearingen Merlin III twin turboprop he was traveling in crashed near Blountville, Tennessee, while on approach to the nearby Tri-Cities Regional Airport. All four people on board, including two executives of the Hooters restaurant chain, were killed.

Kulwicki was being transported from a promotional appearance in Knoxville, Tennessee to the Bristol Motor Speedway for the running of the 1993 Food City 500 on April 4. An investigation determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot's failure to operate the engine inlet anti-ice system properly.

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