Over at the Exosphere3D website you can see a nice breakdown, analysis, and virtual reconstruction of a small airplane crash using IFSAR data and high-resolution terrain imagery from both USGS and Intermap.

Controlled flight into terrain continues to be a factor in many aviation accidents. This reconstruction highlights a July 2000 accident involving a Cessna 195, registration N4377V, which crashed shortly after departure from Aspen/Pitkin County airport in VFR weather. The pilot and three passengers received fatal injuries. Download the NTSB Factual Report for this accident here.

Rendered with Lightwave3D, the entire 5 minute video took around 200 hours to create.

via Aspen Colorado 3D Terrain Visualization – Terrain in accident reconstruction, N4377V July 8 2000.