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Inspector's arrived at the crash scene on November 21, 2012 at approximately 2200 local. The aircraft was found in a wooded area lying on the left side. The fuselage and empennage section were primarily intact with the left wing lying severed from, but lying under the aft fuselage. Google earth images showed the accident site to be approximately 1.25 miles east of the approach end of runway 28 extended centerline for Hillsdale Municipal Airport (kjym).fuel odor was prevalent on the ground under the left wing. Local law enforcement officers on scene confirmed a strong odor of fuel at the scene earlier that evening. The right wing was severed in several sections and fuel could not be confirmed. Review of the flight instruments showed the clock working, the artificial horizon indicating the approximate attitude of the aircraft position and the altimeter reading 1400' MSL with a barometric pressure of 30.38" set in the altimeter kollsman window. Com # 1 was tuned to kjym UNICOM frequency of 122.8. The #2 com was tuned to kjym AWOS frequency of 121.02.the METAR for kjym at 2314 local indicated the barometric pressure to be 30.17". Inspector's returned to the scene on November 23, 2012 at approximately 1030 local. The altitude at the scene was determined to be 1198' MSL. At approximately 1200 local, the altimeter was reading 1700' MSL with a barometric pressure of 30.38" still set in the kollsman window. The actual altimeter setting for kjym at approximately noon was 29.81". The aircraft was recovered from the scene and relocated to the lenawee county airport (adg) on November 23, 2012. On November 24, 2012, the altimeter was set to the current AWOS barometric setting for adg at approximately 1115 local. The altimeter indicated 820' MSL. The published field elevation at adg is 798'.a review of the pic's pilot logbook showed he had a total of 16.4 nighttime hours logged. It was also noted that on November 21, 2012, runway 28 ay kjym the PAPI was notam'd out of service.