(CSi)   Casselton aviator, Jim Maroney has died in an aircraft accident south of Knoxville, Tennessee,  in the Cherokee National Forest.

The accident occurred on Sunday as he was flying to participate in a Florida airshow.

Fargo AirSho  Committee Co-chairman  Dick Walstad says, Maroney was flying his “Super  Chipmunk, aircraft  when the crash occurred.

Maroney, who lived in Milwaukee,was a former squadron and Group Commander for the Happy Hooligans, 119th Wing of the Air National Guard in Fargo, retiring  from the Guard in 2002.  Maroney was ordered to Washington Sept 12, 2001, the day after 9/11.

He also was a Chief Pilot for Delta Airlines.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Video from his website Super Chimpmunk Air Shows