I have had plug reversals on a hydraulic pump, (A333, green/yellow, #2 engine) and I've also had the stick briefly to the stops in the flare when a crosswind picked up a wing, (A320), but a control reversal would be something we'd likely hear loud and clear about right away, wouldn't it? PJ...
You’d like to think so. But, somewhat ironically, I’ve just now noticed that the story behind the “SXF Runway Blocked” thread is a very similar type of an occurrence and yet it took more than a week before any official findings made it into the public domain, so who knows?
Certainly the more time that passes without an AOT the more you tend to expect a more straightforward explanation than reversed wiring of the ELAC.
Cheers!