Investigation report stated the PF disconnected the autopilot and reduced the pitch from 0.5° nose up to 1.2° nose down.
Ouch! That's get the ROD screaming. I wonder what happened to the speed. Equally, one has to assume the a/c was basically in trim and on speed from the automatics at the time of disconnect. i.e. do nothing, but easy to say if no visual reference. However, why would you disconnect if no visual reference? The reduction of pitch and increase of ROD smacks of 2 heads outside searching for clues. EGPWS is not supposed to replace correct PM duties.
Last edited by RAT 5; 10th Jun 2018 at 13:58.