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Discussion is focused on the weather conditions, or rather speculation about them; the NTSB have asked for and apparently received photographs from the public, so we'll likely learn facts as the preliminary report comes out. For the record, KVNY is at 800ft and reported an overcast cloud deck at 1300 ft AGL at 9:51, which would make the ceiling ~2100 ft MSL; from 9:45:11 to 9:45:21, N72EX was at 2100-2115 ft altitude as per its ADS-B transmissions as the highest level of its flight path.
NYT article quoted witnesses near crash scene saying clouds were 300 ft above ground.
"The clouds sat about 300 feet off the ground, witnesses near the crash scene said."
N72EX was at 2100-2115 ft altitude as per its ADS-B transmissions as the highest level of its flight path.
ADS-B altitude is Pressure Altitude. You need to add about 220 to adjust for local pressure, making it 2320 ft max altitude. That matches what NTSB said "2300 ft".