 At 20 : 07 : 32 EST , just 4 minutes after takeoff , Flight 411 was cleared by air traffic control ( ATC ) for " a VOR approach to runway 19 " . The aircraft overflew the Glens Falls airport and proceeded northbound , subsequently reversing course . Shortly after course reversal , at about 20 : 20 EST , the aircraft hit trees on the northwest slope of the Pilot Knob Mountain , then impacted a rock cliff from which it fell 34 feet ( 10 m ) and became lodged between trees and caught fire . Of the 11 passengers and 3 crew on board , there were no survivors . 
