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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1971 |
| Time: | 12:08 LT |
| Type: |  Aero Commander 680 Super |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N601JJ |
| MSN: | 680-491-161 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brush Mountain, Craig County, VA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA |
| Martinsville, VA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into the side of a mountain during a thunderstorm.
The Aero Commander was being flown by an experienced, but non-instrument rated, private pilot when it crashed in bad weather at the 2,700' level of Brush Mountain in Craig County while on a business trip to Martinsville.
Among the five passengers was the World War Two military hero and later film actor Audie L. Murphy.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Audie-Murphy-N601JJ.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jul-2010 18:55 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jul-2010 02:32 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2011 12:18 | harro | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Oct-2015 10:35 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
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