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Old 27th Aug 2013, 21:02
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Quote: The topped trees were at spots 820 and 822. In my estimation, judging by the trees that were topped, the fuselage did indeed follow precisely that yellow line and passed directly over the house. I estimate the fuselage cleared the roof by 10-20 feet.

The utility pole on the left side of your picture is likely 820. That mail box is very close to the yellow line. The tree on the right (with the red tape around the base) may be 854.

So they made contact with what appears to be the last trees before the cleared area.
This fits with what I saw when I drove through on the day of the accident. There was also a medium sized hardwood that got topped on the other side of the house from the picture Huck pasted. Judging from the probable path maybe the left wing or engine took that out. Unfortunately, I've been working too much to go back site seeing, but I'll put a camera on pole one day for all of us would be investigators.
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