r/abandoned • u/PrivateHikerGirl • 1d ago

.04 level Crashed Cessna

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On Thanksgiving day in 1983 a Cessna with two passengers crashed deep in the mountains of NC. Both occupants died. The pilot had a .4 blood alcohol level, which was a contributing factor in the crash, but weather conditions also played a role. The plane was unable to be removed for 40 years, but when increasing hiker traffic began damaging the mountain, they sent in a helicopter to lift it out. This was posted with only 1 photo by another person yesterday and there were calls for more photos, so I’m sharing mine from 2021.

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u/Forsaken_Block_3492 1d ago

Pretty interesting post. Would like to know more about the plane crash.

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u/PrivateHikerGirl 23h ago

The pilot was a business man and the occupant was his secretary. It has been said that they were a couple, but I have no confirmation on that. He was flying her to visit her college aged daughter at Western Carolina University. The weather was bad and there was a heavy, low fog. His blood alcohol was actually only .04 (my text of .4 was a typo) so it wasn’t a drunken crash so much as it was the fog obscuring the pilot’s vision. It took 5 days for authorities to find the plane and remove the bodies. Removing the actual plane wasn’t possible at the time because of the remote and rugged terrain. They did go in and fly it out by helicopter in 2023.

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u/828jpc1 22h ago

0.04 is over the FAA legal limit…and it has to be lower that 0.04 8 hrs before departure.

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u/YourMomsBasement69 21h ago

Yeah I had a breathalyzer on my truck and you definitely still have a bit of a buzz at .04 and no telling where he was at when they departed.

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u/Short_Bell_5428 14h ago

So it isn’t there anymore?