Help researching 1961 Electra crash

[Concours77]

I’ve run across some text in the report that raises some questions, potentially very important.

At what point along the trail did the cockpit area separate from the main structure(s)?

I don’t think the aircraft can fly without its right wing, and if #4 plus its supporting wing area impacted at the RR tracks (at an angle) and separated, the next structure to impact would likely be the forward fuselage? Did the fuselage separate? At what station?

Thanks

edit. The video and your description of the Rudder activity show a forward slip. Without aileron, the Rudder must be accompanied with reduction in power on the port wing. The forward slip is a maneuver generally used to lose altitude.

edit’. From the doc. “......Although both mechanics testified that they checked each other's work after completion of the installation, neither one could recall having made a specific cheek (sic) to insure that the previously loosened cable connectors were properly threaded into the slack absorber terminal blocks, the cable tension checked, or the connectors resafetied.....”

Edit’’. From the report, no actual separation of cable from Boost Quadrant was found on pilot’s side. On Co-pilot’s side, “the cables and pertinent structures were not recovered.”

Conclusion: no actual evidence of command cable separation was found. That makes the CAB’s implied finding a THEORY, not a finding of fact....