I've been following this thread since it first started, so thanks to everyone for the great insight and quick information.
I know the media is not the best at reporting sudden and tragic news events, but this is interesting:
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/587842
Originally Posted by Associated Press
Plane landed flat on Buffalo house, investigator says
John Curran
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLARENCE, N.Y.–A commuter plane that smashed into a house apparently plunged flat to the ground rather than nose-diving, ending up pointed away from the airport it was trying to reach, investigators said Saturday.
Investigators did not offer an explanation as to why the plane was pointed away from the Buffalo airport, but it does raise the possibility the pilot was fighting an icy airplane: Air safety guidelines says a pilot can try a 180-degree turn to rid a plane of ice.
Other possible explanations are that the aircraft was spinning or flipped upon impact.