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Originally Posted by KNS
If he was descending at 2000 fpm spatial disorientation had gotten the best of him and he had already lost it. He was most likely way in over his head by that time and fighting to regain control.
He pops out of the bottom of the clouds at a high rate of speed (and most likely high angle of bank) and there isn't enough time to recover as the ground is coming up too fast.
Classic scenario, unfortunately.
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This is exactly my preliminary observation from the data. He got closed out of VFR conditions, did an emergency pop-up to try and get above the soup, became disoriented with no time to go fully IFR, lost control and rapidly lost altitude.