ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40262
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| Date: | Friday 23 August 1985 |
| Time: | 21:55 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N600CM |
| MSN: | 31T-7720024 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4077 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT-6A-28 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stone Mountain, Flat Rock, North Carolina -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky (LOU/KLOU) |
| Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (GSP/KGSP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Flat Rock accident involved a Piper Aircraft PA-31T turboprop on a personal FAR Part 91 flight from Louisville, Kentucky to Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina. The aircraft, owned by the pilot, impacted the 3,460 feet. AMSL level of Stone Mountain, a peak along the Blue Ridge of North Carolina, approximately 26 nautical miles north of the destination airport.
Impact occurred when the aircraft was on a heading of 155 degrees magnetic, in cruise configuration. The pilot and four passengers were killed. Weather in the vicinity was classified as bright night, visual meteorological conditions (VMC). The broken cloud ceiling at the time was about 100 feet above the summits of the Blue Ridge peaks in the area.
A few minutes before the accident, the pilot of N600CM reported to ATC “35 (nautical miles) from the airport, VFR (visual flight rules) for landing.” At the Asheville, NC terminal radar approach control facility, controllers observed the flight in a steady descent from 9700 feet to 3600 feet in the vicinity of the accident site. The pilot, flying VFR, was just under the cloud ceiling, dangerously close to the uninhabited and unlit mountain peaks in the area.
Lacking visual reference, the pilot did not see Stone Mountain until it was too late to react. N600CM was not equipped with FDR, CVR or GPWS.
Registration N600CM cancelled by the FAA on October 31, 1985
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ATL85FA256 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001214X37352
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=600CM
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1985/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-cheyenne-in-flat-rock-5-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/nc/N600CM/
5. https://legeros.com/history/nc/disasters.shtml
6. https://ntl.bts.gov/lib/24000/24500/24589/totalrpt.doc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 06-Aug-2017 19:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source] |
| 18-Sep-2017 18:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2017 18:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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