He also stated that he did not see the rotating beacon on the hill approximately 1 mi from the runway.
Does anyone have a link for that NASA report or an independent source for the rotating beacon?
The only two hills approximately a mile from the runway would be the the hill where the trees were hit and the hill where they impacted the ground.
In an attempt to ascertain the height of the trees and power poles, I used Google street view in conjunction with a photograph of the tree damage and another of an engineer fixing the power lines. At no time did I see either a rotating beacon or somewhere where a rotating beacon could be fixed above the height of the tallest pines.
Likewise there are many many photos of the hill of the crash site and again, no sight of a beacon, rotating or otherwise.
The report was from 1999. Is it possible that there was a beacon there at one time which has now been removed?