These are the witness reports according to
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20:15~20:20 Telephone calls regarding a "weird" plane flying low maneuvers above Mousata village houses making a lot of noise.
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20:25 similar telephone reports by Lourda village residents
21:00 sms message from Simotata village resident regarding a loud bang above their village
21:15 the authorities are mobilized and there is also a sea search under way from nearby vessels with flares
[Non essential events]
01:59 the pedestrian team on the mountain reports aircraft wreckage found
[Non essential events]
For the record, the LGZA departure was at 19:44L the sunset was at 20:11L hence official VMC/VFR day terminated at 20:41 L
Regarding the on going Icing discussion; in this case it does not seem to have been an icing case. The aircraft was maneuvering at low level for quite some time in and out of IMC (presumably), disorientated (again presumably) with decreasing day light and very close to high rising terrain.
The really sad thing is that Kefallinia LGKF airport is just 8nm WSW of the crash location with no terrain between it and Ainos mountain.
If the pilot was in control of the situation, in VMC and could have seen it an emergency landing would have saved the situation. The airport was open 08:00-09:30 & 20:00-21:45L (i.e. lights on) that Tuesday, during the time the sad events took place. It has a lit runway, a VOR on site but no Terminal Radar to help.