Reply #115: Sorry. I read factual information and I back everything up. Like this:

[mn9driver]

The NTSB has not ruled out ice. The aircraft was in a cloud deck at 3000 feet MSL. The ceiling above the airport was reported at 700 feet. Freezing rain had fallen earlier in the day.
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KCAK/2008/12/19/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Akron-Canton+Regional&req_state=OH&req_statename=Ohio

Here is the full METAR report from two minutes before the crash:
METAR KCAK 192251Z 30011KT 9SM BKN005 OVC010 01/M01 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP095 T00111006

The cloud deck was actually 500 feet broken, 1000 feet overcast.
The surface temperature was 1 degree C. The saturated adiabatic lapse rate puts the temperature at his altitude at around -2 degrees C. An aircraft flying in clouds at this temperature could easily pick up ice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapse_rate

Sunset in Akron Ohio on December 19, 2008 was 1700 local time. The accident occurred at 1753. It was dark.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/astronomy.html?n=415&month=12&year=2008&obj=sun&afl=-11&day=1

The accident aircraft registration number was N9299N. The FAA aircraft registry shows this aircraft was a PA-32R-301T. That is a Piper Saratoga--the exact same individual aircraft that is in the "for sale" link in my previous post. Those pictures are of that actual aircraft that crashed that night. The aircraft was registered to SIERRA-NOVEMBER AVIATION INC
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=9299N&cmndfind.x=12&cmndfind.y=19

SIERRA-NOVEMBER AVIATION INC. was Michael Connell. His company. His airplane.
http://www2.sos.state.oh.us/reports/rwservlet?imgc&Din=200426001614

These are facts. They are established. They are documented from multiple, completely independent sources. Believe what you want.