The Bell 206 helicopter crashed at around 3.30pm on Monday near Sevierville, before bursting into flames, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen.
Pigeon Forge Police Chief Jack Baldwin said the aircraft appeared to have come down the side of a mountain and then crashed at the foot of it.
He said: "There's not much left of the helicopter. It's pretty much gone from the fire.
"There's a little bit of the tail fin... and that's about all that's left, that and the console, that's about it."
Dozens of emergency vehicles were at the scene of the crash, which is less than a mile from a large outlet mall and three miles from Dolly Parton's Dollywood theme park.
Shawn Matern was inside his parent's house when he heard a loud boom.
He said he saw the pilot roll out of the burning aircraft on to the ground as a neighbour went to try to help.
"That's when we came out and saw the second explosion right before our eyes," he said.
Tennessee Emergency Management Association spokesman Dean Flener confirmed that five people had died.
No homes were damaged and no one on the ground was injured in the crash.
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were heading to the site.
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