Chuck. Too long ago to remember but I thought the Bandit disappeared off Hoskins without trace and all lost. I vaguely recall it was really crap WX and the Bandit was holding for an F28 to land, which itself overran the strip. I think the final assumption was the aircraft descended into the sea in an attempt to get visual.
Someone mentioned aircraft overloading by operations controllers. As you know two in particular were notorious, one of which went to Col's organisation....
The Bandit is a great aircraft and would have been much improved with -42 engines, however I understand the -42 was not designated a "commercial" engine by the manufacturer. The Bandit with higher gross weight was a military maritime patrol variant which had wing tip tanks.