Salute!
Huge Thanks, Dave Reid. and @ Bloggs.
That is exactly where my analysis was headed. I have been on numerous accident boards, mostly flight control suspicions until the final investigation was completed. There was always the pilot error factor, but I always leaned toward something that the poor dude had not thot of, or practiced or.... I used to sit in the barber shop or the waiting lines at the dispensary and try to come up with the worst case and then what would I do. Kept me alive for a few combat tours and several equipment failures in one or more of my jets. So it ain't always "luck" Luck is when preparation meets opportunity, huh?
I still have feelings about that crew, and reminds me of Air Alaska.
Gums opines...