Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:

No word yet if the Cirrus was coming or going but my money is on going. They
say it crashed only 50 feet off the airport but they also say it was wooded. I
haven't been there in some years so I just can't remember the layout. I believe
the open runway is 5-23.


Statesville is less than 3 miles from my field. The ONLY runway there
is 5-23. FlightAware shows they were heading into SVH and the news
reports say it was on an ILS approach in there. There's an ILS-23
and SVH is plenty long. The description says he ran off the end.