Airplane Crash - Near Nashville, Tennesee 07/31/1964
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Nashville, Tennesee
| Date | 07/31/1964 |
| Time | 16:52 |
| Location | Near Nashville, Tennesee |
| Operator | Private |
| Flight # | - |
| Route | Batesville - Nashville |
| Type | Beechcraft 35-B33 Debonair |
| Registration | N8972M |
| Aboard | 2 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed during an intense rainstorm into dense woods 6.5 miles south of the Nashville airport, while on a return trip from Batesville Arkansas. It took searchers 2 days to find the wreckage. Country western singer Jim Reeves, 40, and his manager, Dean Manuel were killed. Reeves was piloting the plane and was 2 minutes from touchdown when he apparently lost visual reference with the ground and experienced spatial disorientation. Pilot error. VFR flight into adverse weather conditions. |
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