PLANE CRASH

WATERROCK KNOB TRAIL- NC

The story goes that on November 24, 1983, a Cessna 414 was flying from West Chicago to the Jackson County Airport here in the NC mountains. It crashed a little before 6pm at about 6,000 feet. Neither the pilot nor passenger survived. The cause of the crash was determined to be a combination of weather conditions/poor visibility and alcohol (the pilot’s blood alcohol level was 0.04%). The plane could have made it over the mountain if it had just been about 150 feet higher.

Worth the hike!