Salute!
The wreckage data ( distribution) we already have has a wealth of data that will be combined with the recorded parameters, IMHO. So we should get a very good replay of impact.
The big question is how in the hell the plane got there, ya think?
As far as the horizontal distance versus vertical distance goes, it is not betond my personal experience. As a light plane pilot previously recalled, if the plane is in a fully-developed stall, it can descend at a great rate without much forward velocity. In my own experience, one jet I flew had exceptional directional control in a full stall ( rudder versus aileron for maintaining a heading and picking up the low wing). Just release back pressure and it came right out. I could descend at 10,000 feet per minute or more ( the vertical velocity meter was pegged) with an indicated speed of about 60 knots. So I could go one mile and lose 10,000 feet or so.