Originally Posted by
BFSGrad
Not unexpected.
While the preliminary report doesn’t allow for any conclusions it certainly provides compelling information that reduces the likelihood of certain potential accident causes; e.g., fuel exhaustion, fuel starvation, fuel contamination, dual-engine bird strike.
One curious finding regarding the inadvertent engine shutdown scenario is the thrust levers being found near the idle stop position and the #1 fuel control unit being found at the idle position and the #2 forward of the idle stop.
First thing a pilot does after a gear up landing is put the gear handle down. First thing I’d do in the event of an inadvertent dual engine shutdown is put them back in idle, try a restart or catch it before it wound down.