What happened
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Aircraft took off elizabethon municipal airport 0A9. 13 minutes after takeoff, pilot receives clearance to FL 340 and acknowledges. 2 minutes later ATC attempts to contact pilot to amend altitude to FL 330 with no response. Multiple attempts to contact were unsuccesssful. Aircraft continued to fly GPS flight plan to kisp airport at FL 340. Aircraft continued on last programmed course for approximately 50 minutes and flew over TFR. Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept. privacy data omitted Intercept pilots observed the pilot slumped over the controls to the right and no movement in the cabin. Fighters observed the aircraft enter into a steep dive and impact the terrain. The airplane impacted steep rocky terrain about 1.5 miles north of the montebello VOR.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ELIZABETHON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 0A9. 13 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT RECEIVES CLEARANCE TO FL 340 AND ACKNOWLEDGES. 2 MINUTES LATER ATC ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT PILOT TO AMEND ALTITUDE TO FL 330 WITH NO RESPONSE. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT WERE UNSUCCESSSFUL. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO FLY GPS FLIGHT PLAN TO KISP AIRPORT AT FL 340. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON LAST PROGRAMMED COURSE FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 MINUTES AND FLEW OVER TFR. FIGHTER JETS WERE SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INTERCEPT PILOTS OBSERVED THE PILOT SLUMPED OVER THE CONTROLS TO THE RIGHT AND NO MOVEMENT IN THE CABIN. FIGHTERS OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ENTER INTO A STEEP DIVE AND IMPACT THE TERRAIN. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED STEEP ROCKY TERRAIN ABOUT 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE MONTEBELLO VOR.
NTSB investigation
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