[expat2]

I wonder what the weather was like this morning. The IFR approach into GAI is difficult to do accurately in poor conditions, tho I think the GPS aapproach in much better.

[KevinB]

I wonder what the weather was like this morning.

Clear with light winds.

[USNBandit]

I took off out of Manassas about an hour before this mishap. The ceilings were in the mid to high 2 thousands according to the pilot reports going into Dulles.

Weather-wise I would be looking more at icing picked up at a higher altitude, I don't know anything about the Phenom de-icing capability, but the plane can't be that old. The NTSB said they have the full data recorders and they look like they are in good shape. Those are already at the DC office and I am sure they will be working the boxes throughout the night.

[Moonman62]

The registration of the plane is N100EQ. Google has some images of it. Looks like it was built in 2009.

[diogenes ghost]

"The IFR approach into GAI is difficult...tho I think the GPS aapproach in much better."

Uhhhh....a GPS approach IS an IFR approach.