![]() ![]() However, the pilot was unable to see the airport and executed a missed approach. The air traffic controller vectored the flight to Lonesome Pine Airport near Wise, Virginia, where the pilot executed a VOR approach. ![]() Before the crash, the pilot reported that there was an engine problem, that the aircraft was icing up and vibrating severely, and that he needed air traffic control's assistance to find an airport. The aircraft was on an IFR flight from Savannah, Georgia, to Pontiac, Michigan. JANUARY 12, 1975Īt 1950 e.s.t., on January 12, 1975, a Cessna model 411A, N100KC, crashed near Wise, Virginia. The new airport had two small runways, a terminal building and an aircraft hangar that was completed at an estimated cost of $800,000.Īmerican Airlines Ticket Counter at Tri-Cities Airport, 1946įor more information on the history of the Tri-Cities Regional Airport visit the archives and check out the Airport’s website.AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT: JATKOE CESSNA 411A, N100KC, WISE, VIRGINIA. The airport was dedicated as McKellar Field on November 5, 1937. In 1935, plans were put into motion to construct the new airport. The commission was made up of representatives from Kingsport, Bristol, Johnson City and Sullivan County. ![]() The airport began as a collaborative, cost-sharing effort between Johnson City, Bristol, Kingsport and Sullivan County to build a regional airport that would serve the aviation needs of the area, as the smaller airfields in each city were no longer practical.ĭedication exercises of the Tri-Cities Airport, November 5, 1937.Ī Tri-City Airport Commission was formed to develop and operate the airport. The Tri-Cities Regional Airport was originally opened as McKellar Field, in dedication of Senator Kenneth McKellar, an avid supporter of aviation in Tennessee. ![]() This week (August 15-21) is National Aviation Week.Ĭelebrated annually during the week of Orville Wright’s birthday, the goal is a week of education, awareness and celebration of all things aviation. ![]()
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