A popular aviation YouTuber and his father were killed when their plane crashed in Tennessee Thursday — just a month after he posted a video of him experiencing “aircraft malfunction” at 4,000 feet.
Jenny Blalock, 45, and her father James, 78, got off around 11 a.m. and crashed on a remote road in Pulaski, a town on the south-central Alabama border, according to federal and county officials.
Their bodies were found outside the plane, which landed in an “isolated” area that was difficult for the crew to reach.
“It’s just devastating. It is significant damage again. Unfortunately, there were no survivors,” Bill Myers, director of the Giles County Office of Emergency Management, told 10 News.
The father-daughter pair had traveled 180 miles from Knoxville when the plane went down, FlightAware data shows. They were about 10 miles away from landing at the city-owned airport.
Jenny Blalock, 45, and James Blalock, 78, have been identified as the two victims killed in a single-engine plane crash in Tennessee on Thursday. 865flygirl/Instagram Jenny Blalock is a popular aviation YouTuber who regularly posts videos of her flying adventures. 865flygirl/Instagram
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but it comes just a month after Blalock – known in the community as TNFlyGirl – posted a video of herself making an emergency landing during an “aircraft malfunction” from 4,000 feet in the air.
“Will we make it?” he timidly asked his flight instructor after he pointed out that the plane’s battery had died mid-flight.
Later, he discovered that the plane also had a loose screw on its regulator.
James and Jenny Blalock were about 10 miles from landing at the city-owned airport. 865flygirl/Instagram Their bodies were found outside the plane, which landed in an “isolated” area that was difficult for the crew to reach. 865flygirl/Instagram
Despite the ordeal, Blalock remained calm and expertly landed the plane without a problem.
“God bless and fly safe,” the popular YouTuber told his 16,000 subscribers.
According to his account, he was a “private pilot, flying for fun in a Beechcraft Debonair.”
The cause of the crash is currently under investigation. 865flygirl/Instagram
Blalock, who is also a luxury home builder and designer, has often recorded his flying trips with his father since launching his popular channel in 2021.
Their fatal flight was apparently one of the first the pair had taken “in a while,” according to a video Blalock posted in November.
“Jenny and her dad are not just daughter/father, they are best friends and do everything together!” her partner, Brett Thees, said on Facebook.
The Blalock family released a statement saying they were comforted knowing the father and daughter were “together when they met our Lord and Savior!”
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