1.   The plane was completely destroyed when it hit a mountain.

2.   The plane was completely destroyed when it hit a mountain in bad weather as it was trying to land.

3.   A generation ago, ski resorts typically did not open until after Thanksgiving, often not until after Christmas, unless the mountains were hit with an early storm.

4.   He did not realize, according to investigators, that the reason for the zero reading on his altimeter was that the plane was about to hit the mountain.

5.   He spends the first night at the bar, then wakes up the next morning to hit the mountain.

6.   On Monday night, the weather service had issued a warning that heavy snow could hit the mountains of western Maryland.

7.   Or the jet suffered complete electrical failure and flew northeast until it hit a mountain.

8.   The Goodes were told later by controllers that they almost hit a mountain.

9.   The plane apparently hit the mountain, slicing off a large boulder that fell on top of the aircraft.

10.   The plane hit a mountain after the crew entered the wrong data into a navigation computer.