Originally Posted by
Hokulea
One witness said the plane "nose-dived". That seems to be consistent with a small impact area.
"Stevene Tickemyer was in the area and saw the plane nose dive just before the crash. He ran toward the flames, hoping against hope there were survivors."
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/0...h-north-shore/
That being the case, I'd be checking to see if the previously over-stressed horizontal stabilizer structure (see Airbubba's above post) was still attached at impact.
Cheers,
Grog