Crash of a Lockheed C-141B Starlifter on Mt Johns Knob: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 31, 1982 at 1430 LT
Operator:
Registration:
64-0652
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Charleston - Charleston
MSN:
6065
YOM:
1964
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Aircraft flight hours:
24246
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Charleston in the early afternoon on a training mission, carrying a crew of nine. Weather conditions worsened en route with sky overcast at 4,500 feet, top of clouds at 8,000 feet and zero visibility below 4,500 feet due to rain falls and fog. The airplane struck the slope of Mt Johns Knob (4,908 feet high) located at the Tennessee - North Carolina border. The wreckage was found 118 feet below the summit and all nine occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was below minimums for military training mission.
