Originally Posted by
Lookleft
At the time of the prang I doubt that any form of avionics, working or otherwise, was going to be of much use to him. He would have been eyes outside looking for a flightpath through the hills. Fully IFR, Night VFR or limited panel IFR are irrelevant if you have put yourself below the hill tops with the tops of the hills covered in cloud.
I’ve already covered my thoughts on that.
To add. The ATSB report shows the aircraft were above the local terrain for a time.