Originally Posted by
212man
I would say it looks exactly like CFIT, and the smear on the snow came from the impact. Here's one that hit the ground at 125 kts - look familiar?
So the aircraft flas flying uphill in a +45º slope. Crashed and turned around perfectly 180º to point with the nose where he was coming from? Or it was flying backwards?
What flying path you suggest he wes flying to leave that trace in the snow? Upslope?