YouTube aviation star Jenny Blalock and her dad are killed in horror plane crash – just days after she posted final haunting video of pair flying together in same tiny aircraft that plummeted into the woods and burst into flames
- Aviation YouTuber Jenny Blalock, 45, and her 78-year-old father James Blalock died Thursday after their plane crashed
- Jenny, a business owner, had a YouTube account called TNFlygirl in which she referred to herself as a “private pilot, flying for fun in a Beechcraft debonair.”
- An FAA and National Transportation Safety Board investigation is underway
A YouTube aviator and her father were identified Thursday as victims of a single-engine plane crash.
Jenny Blalock, 45, and her 78-year-old father James Blalock were killed when Jenny's Beechcraft 35 crashed on the Diana Ridge Road highway near Pulaski, Tennessee, around 11:15 a.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Tragedy struck just days after Blalock, who ran a popular YouTube account called TNFlygirl, posted a terrifying video of herself flying with her father.
At one point, Jenny is seen reading instructions from a sheet of paper as she tests out a new Cherokee 180 airplane for a friend.
The couple's last flight took off from Knoxville Downtown Island Airport about an hour and 15 minutes before the crash, according to Flight Aware data.
Jenny Blalock, 45 (right) and her 78-year-old father James Blalock (left) were killed when Jenny's Beechcraft 35 crashed
A YouTube aviator and her father were identified Thursday as victims of a single-engine plane crash
Blalock had a popular YouTube account called TNFlygirl with over 15,000 followers
Bill Myers, director of the Giles County Office of Emergency Management, said two bodies were found outside the plane, which crashed in a “remote” area that was difficult for crews to reach, WKRN reported.
The Blalocks were the only occupants aboard the plane at the time of the crash, authorities confirmed.
A fire consumed the aircraft and the surrounding area, but was quickly extinguished by emergency services.
Jenny, a business owner, described herself on her YouTube account as a “private pilot who flies for fun in a Beechcraft debonair.”
“Private pilots have a unique perspective on aviation that can be informative and entertaining,” she wrote on the channel, which has more than 15,000 followers.
On her site she describes that her father has 'years of flying experience'.
Jenny flew a single-engine Beechcraft 35, a passion she chronicled on her YouTube account
In addition to an aviator, Jenny owned two companies, Plantation Reclaimed Inc and Luxe Homes and Design
Several videos on the site appear to show Jenny flying in the passenger seat of the plane with her father.
In one, titled 'Pilot Training With My Dad', posted three weeks ago, the pair soar through the air together and discuss the technical details.
'I like flying with my father. “I wanted to fly the same or similar 'routine' of a mock checkride flown in my hometown,” Jenny wrote in the video's caption.
“I brought my dad along to help me figure out the kinks in the avionics and the waypoints.”
An investigation by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is ongoing.