Originally Posted by
pithblot
Mach
Perhaps the gear failed to retract?
If the pilot was fumbling, trying to manually move the J-Hook out of the way, and had a power lever migration he would have been in a world of hurt.
Except it is unlikely he would have been fiddling with the gear or the J hook as he rotated, yet that is when the yaw commenced.
I don't discount that power lever migration could have contributed to the accident, simply that the evidence of the trim as reported by the ATSB points to that being the primary cause.