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It was 4 in the morning. The runway lights at Gibbs were out of service. They didn’t have the ground based lighting that was legally required to shoot the approach.
They impacted some wires about two miles from the runway, when they should have still been around 600 feet above ground—and obviously unable to see the ground or the airport due to the ceiling and visibility and lack of lighting.
From the reports of the post crash fire, it appears that they had plenty of fuel on board and likely could have diverted to a field with operational lighting and/or better weather.
Based on the limited information in the news, this approach should not have been flown. Very sad. RIP 
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