Why didn't the Cessna 337 make it?

On 2006-06-07, Ken Reed wrote:
My point exactly. Someone in Arkansas may call 2700 ft a mountain but
those of us in the west think that's not even a good sized hill.

Call it what you want - but it's irrelevant - it hurts just as much if
you have to make a forced landing in rugged terrain that's only 2700ft
high as it does making a forced landing in the Rockies. A 2700 ft high
mountain still causes mountain wave to reach into the flight levels
(Scottish soaring clubs get into the 30,000s off mountains that size).
It still causes rotor. It still causes localized weather. It still must
be treated with great respect, as the crew of a US B17 found out when
they made a navigational error and ploughed into the side of the Isle of
Man in IMC, thinking they were over open water. Of course, the crew
probably didn't have time to think "what's that crashing noise?" because
they were killed instantly when they piled into the sheer side of North
Barrule, a mere pimple of only 1700 feet.

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