Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
@Flexibile:
Do you think it fair to presume that the pilot in this aircraft didn't have an instrument scan going? (Called by some a 'crosscheck')
If you are on instruments, then you fly with the AI/AHRS/HSI as your primary reference. You get trained to do that when you get an instrument rating.
(Granted, any of us can have a scan breakdown on a bad day).
So while what you say has been shown to be true, the remedy for that issue is also known:
establish a scan and use it to maintain attitude, performance, etc.
What if they had a instrument problem that caused the aircraft to present bad attitude information (nose high). Next the crew adds max thrust and pushes forward on the control column to lower AOA /the perceived unusual attitude towards “level.” Then they are trying to determine whether the attitude information is wrong or if they had a pitot static issue. Once the break out of the clouds they recognise the severity of the situation and start to pull up, but given the high load factor from doing nearly 400KIAS they can only recover to -20 degrees pitch.