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Ignition Override
Blaming the dead pilot, as always, creates a perfect scapegoat and saves various agencies from public embarassment and huge costs involving testing and training throughout the US fleet(s).
Whether the pilot is alive or dead has nothing to do with the cause or the NTSB's interest in finding the cause. It just makes it more difficult. Notice how much effort was placed on blaming ATR in thr Roselawn accident or Boeing about rudder hardovers despite huge manufacturer resistance. Very expensive results have come from those accidents.