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Remains of Douglas C-54 N8060C, which crashed at this site a few hundred yards southwest of Old Charleston Road on the morning on Nov. 19, 1979. The plane was on approach to a nearby sod strip to unload 15,000 pounds of marijuana, but was too low and struck trees on final approach, destroying the aircraft and killing the crew. Most of the wreckage was hauled away not long after the accident but some parts remain here, including part of the tail and (at right) what appears to be a portion of the lower fuselage with what's left of the wing spar. Until this area again became overgrown, portions of the wreckage could be seen from Old Charleston Road. The remains were eventually removed, and in current (2021) satellite views, the site is grown over with forest and there are no signs of any parts remaining.

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