Piper PA-31T N600CM

Summary

On 24 August 1985 at about 01:55 local time, a Piper PA-31T registered N600CM, operated by Hubert van Pittman, was involved in an accident near Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1985 at 01:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.2706, -82.4400

Aircraft

Piper PA-31T

Registration

N600CM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Hubert van Pittman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Louisville → Greer

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ATL85FA256

5 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT HIT NORTHWEST SIDE OF RIDGE IN LEVEL ATTITUDE,CRUISE SPEED,HEADING SOUTHEAST.CONDITIONS WERE DARK NIGHT AND THE CLOUD CEILING WAS ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVE THE RIDGE.PILOT RECEIVED WX BRIEF BEFORE TAKE OFF AND EN ROUTE WHICH REPORTED A CEILING OF 10,000 FEET AT DESTINATION.ACFT WAS FLOWN AT 17,500 FEET EN ROUTE.PIC RADIOED GSP APPROACH CONTROL.SAID HE WAS VFR FOR LANDING,PASSING 6000 FEET.TWO WAY COMM NOT ESTABLISHED BUT DISCRETE TX CODE ASSIGNED. CONTROLLER SAW TX CODE CHANGE NW OF CRASH SITE THEN RADAR TARGET DISAPPEARED AT ACCIDENT SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.