Looks like the Hughes I recovered long ago. IMC was entered and pilot rolled and hit the ground at very high speed. Fragmented everything the same way.
Two aviation safety experts told The Associated Press that the flight probably should have been canceled because of poor nighttime weather. "Weather reports from the time show a mix of rain and snow, and the aircraft flew over a remote area of the desert that likely would have had few lights for the pilot to navigate by, other than cars' headlights and taillights along the interstate"
Looks to be another possible controlled crash into terrain. I believe that the pilot thought he was over the pass and began his turn East away from I-15 to head toward US-95 and then North into Boulder City. It unfortunately took him into higher terrain that he thought was not there.
"B-roll" released by NTSB is used by TV stations, typically to fill the screen whilst they have talking heads talk about the accident and investigation. Could be used similarly by print press too, but probably NTSB publishes similar images as high quality stills with their press releases.
Most, if not all of their publically-released scene video is silent. I do not know, but I think this is done to preserve the privacy of the investigators so they can do their work without fear of the mic picking up some extraneous conversation.
Altitude is required for auto rotation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they had power. If IMC conditions were in place and they were flying between 1,000 and 1,500 ft. agl., then it's looking more like CFIT.
