QNH1013.2, when are you going to get it that the PIC shouldn't have been up there to even have a problem with his engine. Where he should have been, and if he did he would still be arguing the point with us, was on the deck at WGT arranging transport to get on the shuttle up the hill with the rest of the punters.
It isn't a CFIT, it isn't an engine failure, it is just plain poor judgement. And that we can all learn from it. Rules are often written in blood, this guy just added a couple of pints to the chapter on NPRs, alternates and minima.