Mount Success, formerly Ingalls Mountain, is a mountain in the

Mahoosuc Range The Mahoosuc Range, a northern extension of the White Mountains, straddles the border between New Hampshire and Maine. The range's highest peak, Old Speck Mountain, is the fourth-highest peak in Maine. Substantial parts of the range are publicly ...

with an elevation of . It is located in

Coos County, New Hampshire Coos may refer to: People * Cowasuck, also known as Cowass or Coös, an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in northeastern North America * Coos people, an indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau in Oregon * Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lo ...

Description

The mountain is flanked by

North Bald Cap North Bald Cap, formerly known as Mount Success, is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain has an elevation of and is a part of the Mahoosuc Range of the White Mountains. Description The mountain is flanked by Mount Suc ...

mountain to the southwest, Mount Carlo in

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to the northeast, and The Outlook to the northwest. Its summit is crossed by the Mahoosuc Trail (part of the

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), and can also be accessed as a day hike via the Success Trail. The mountain is entirely within the

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watershed. The north and west sides of the mountain drain to the North Branch of Horne Brook and thence northwest to the Androscoggin in

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, while the south and east sides drain to tributaries of Lary Brook, which flows south to the Androscoggin in

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History

In 1936, the peak, then known as "Ingalls Mountain", was renamed "Mount Success" to distinguish it from the nearby Mount Ingalls in

Shelburne, New Hampshire Shelburne is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 353 at the 2020 census. It is located in the White Mountains, and part of the White Mountain National Forest is in the south. Shelburne is home to Leadmine Stat ...

. On November 30, 1954,

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flight 792 took off from

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with the hopes of landing at

Berlin Regional Airport Berlin Regional Airport is an airport located in Milan, north of the central business district (CBD) of Berlin, a city in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. This general aviation airport covers and has one runway. It once had s ...

. With little visibility due to poor weather, the

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, carrying four crew members and three passengers, crashed near the summit of Mount Success.Mount Success : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost
/ref> All the passengers survived the initial impact, but two later died while awaiting rescue.

References

Mountains of Coös County, New Hampshire Mountains of New Hampshire Mountains on the Appalachian Trail {{NewHampshire-geo-stub