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Another very similar albedo feature only 136 m NE

38 28 51.85N 119 24 54.61W

Although a plane is likely to strike at a ridgeline, it is unlikely to come to rest there. It will either fly on/slide down/slide back before coming to rest.

look for a plough mark and then a pile of wreckage, someway downslope from a ridge.

Since pilots will strive to avoid an impact when meeting a ridgeline in adverse circumstances, look for impact at a pass/col/cuesta, or even an oblique impact in the face of a ridge as a pilot tries to turn away from an unachievable ridge crossing, but too late...

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