Originally Posted by
SteinarN
Exactly my thought too.
There is a lot of black soot on the upper left side of the vertical stabilizer. But there is no sign on the ground of any fire in that area.
SteinarN and triumph - that scorching of the VS could simply be as a result of wind direction on the ground once the airframe was ablaze; the PIC at least trying to land it in to wind and then fire burning over the airframe in the direction of the tail.
I don't think it right that you can make a supposition that the scorching occurred in the air...