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Wow, not being a pilot most of what you offered is very difficult to understand

Sorry about that, me neither(except for Flight Simulator)so I may be wrong here. The wx was explained previously but basically while the visibility was so-so(5 miles)the base of the clouds at the time were close to minimums(instrument chart link in my previous post: the bottom-right of each instrument approach chart shows, in parenthesis, cloud base height and visiblity allowed for that particular approach, (ex. 500-1 1/4). The wx at the time was approximately 400-5, though it is an automated observation and actual conditions could have been better or worse, also temps were close to the freezing mark and the light snow could have briefly turned into a heavier squall reducing visibility further.

If he's trying to maintain visual contact with the runway, 400 ft. above the ground, in and out of clouds\snow. there isn't much margin for error, and ice ain't nice either, especially if the aircraft is loaded close to max. A "risky scheme" flying in those conditions.

That was just my point, by offsetting the locator beacon even just a little, the pilot having no reason to doubt his location would be on a descending glide slope and then find himself dropping into a wilderness instead of the threshhold with a dirtied up (flaps and gear down) airframe. If you take those as an absolute and factor in advance and transfer while trying to add power and regain lift, it is quite easy to make this look like simple old "pilot error." At this point icing or a snow load would add to the loss of lift and further erode any recovery efforts.

Also a report I heard earlier today stated that no CVR was installed in the plane, the CVR would be the only record of the possible deception recording the dismay of the pilots at the moment of realization.

Again I freely admit this is most likely another lame-brained conspiracy theory but I just don't trust the Dims in their frightening zeal to hold on to power, anyone who wants to be in power that much should never ever be allowed to have it!!