▁Mc Al ister ▁of ▁Lang ley ▁Field , ▁Va ., ▁le aped ▁to ▁his ▁death ▁late ▁today ▁a ▁few ▁seconds ▁before ▁his ▁army ▁ship ▁crash ed ▁into ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁He aly ' s ▁mountain , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁rug ged ▁pe aks ▁that ▁stud ▁the ▁area ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁' gra vey ard ▁of ▁av i ators .' Three ▁far mers ▁in ▁a ▁field ▁about ▁five ▁miles ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁D unc ans ville ▁( Al to ona ) ▁air port ▁saw ▁the ▁reserve ▁officer ▁suddenly ▁rise ▁in ▁the ▁plane ▁as ▁it ▁ro ared ▁toward ▁the ▁rock y ▁mountains ide ▁and ▁le ap ▁from ▁the ▁co ck pit , ▁less ▁than ▁ 2 0 0 ▁feet ▁in ▁the ▁air . ▁Sl ash ing ▁their ▁way ▁through ▁the ▁dense ▁under br ush ▁and ▁rolling ▁terrain ▁of ▁' Map le ▁h ollow ,' ▁the ▁far mers ▁found ▁the ▁body ▁rest ing ▁against ▁a ▁tree , ▁ 8 0 ▁feet ▁from ▁the ▁w reck age ▁of ▁the ▁plane , ▁which ▁had ▁rolled ▁ 1 0 0 ▁feet ▁down ▁the ▁mountains ide . ▁Unable ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁cause , ▁air men ▁said ▁the ▁pilot ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁trying ▁to ▁fly ▁between ▁He aly ' s ▁mountain ▁and ▁Pom ero y ▁mountain , ▁realized ▁something ▁had ▁happened ▁to ▁his ▁controls ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁risk ▁an ▁almost ▁certain ▁death ▁by ▁such ▁a ▁short ▁le ap ▁rather ▁than ▁dash ▁against ▁the ▁bare ▁mountains ide . ▁The ▁pilot ' s ▁log ▁stated ▁he ▁left ▁his ▁home ▁port , ▁Lang ley