Matt Whiting schrieb:

Because it sounded like the descended through an area of less than VFR
visibility (maybe even through a cloud layer, I don't recall the
specifics) and crashed.

No, it clearly sonded that he tried to stay on top but was washed down
into the soup.

That has nothing to do wtih flying VFR above a cloud layer.

That has everything to do with flying VFR above a cloud layer.