SALESS,
"If the Collective had been put full down almost immediately.....and the nose lowered....would there have been a different outcome (not necessarily a pretty one)."
I think - maybe, .....but what you are asking is probably beyond any reasonable expectation of human performance. I tried what I think is the closest approximation available in the 169 simulator, which is the TR driveshaft failure in a similar position. But - knowing exactly what was going to happen and when, in the daytime, over a clear runway, I still was too slow at the first attempt, and crashed. I managed it second attempt. You would have to be superhuman to react quickly enough in the real (unexpected) situation.