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Plane went down Saturday, just down the road from me in Mountain Air...

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  1. David_S

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    #1 David_S, Nov 15, 2021
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    #2 tazandjan, Nov 15, 2021
    No casualties is good. Looks like he was smart enough to put the nose down when the engine quit for a gradual descent rate.
     
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    #3 donv, Nov 15, 2021
    A Cirrus, according to the FAA:

    https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:30171689870621::::p96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_FATAL_FLG,P96_MAKE_NAME:15-NOV-21
     
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    #4 David_S, Nov 16, 2021

    This part seems weird, based on the picture:

    "AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BUILDING AND CRASHED OFF THE SIDE THE RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AND CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNSVILLE, NC."

    Everything I hear locally confirms the building was burning, but? How did the aircraft get lodged in the trees like that? It isn't like it hit a TALL building, and then plummeted into trees... Haven't spent much time up there, so my first & only guess is that there is a steep dropoff... More familiar with trucks plunging into the woods, going down the mountain.
     
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    #5 tazandjan, Nov 16, 2021
    Sounds like different accidents. If it was a Cirrus, explains how it ended up in the trees pretty much intact.
     

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