Irrespective of CG, overweight, tailwind, tire failure, engine failure, fire....
The fact was that the airplane was airborne at 200 feet at sufficient airspeed with enough flight control authority to effect a controlled crash landing straight ahead into an open field. No other option!
What we can learn from this accident is what to do when faced with similar unimaginable inflight terror.
First we must overcome the limitations of simulator training and its "mind set" of always being able to return a crippled jet to an airport.
Secondly, we must apply our survival instincts and act accordingly.
Marty, perhaps overcome from sensory overload with bells, chimes, crewmember prompts and ATC talk, had hesitated. Despite three urgent reminders from his F/O about airspeed decay, Marty, with Le Bourget in sight, continued to extract performance from his jet.
The airspeed indicator should have triggered the captain's survival instinct; immediately lower the nose and put the jet down. Right now. Such an instinctive decision requires neither time nor thought, only technique in effecting a high speed soft field crash landing.
What every single engine student pilot learns on day One: If the engine quits right after takeoff, don't even think about turning; land straight ahead!