Tried a search of the thread without joy to see if this had been referenced. AIRBORNE EXPRESS, DOUGLAS DC-8-63, N827AX, NARROWS, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 22, 1996. Fatal high level stall/crash.
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The DC-8 accident report is here
http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/1997/aar9705.pdf
Exerpts
Probable Cause
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable causes of this accident were the inappropriate control inputs applied by the flying pilot during a stall recovery attempt, the failure of the nonflying pilot-in-command to recognize, address, and correct these inappropriate control inputs, and the failure of ABX to establish a formal functional evaluation flight program that included adequate program guidelines, requirements and pilot training for performance of these flights. Contributing to the causes of the accident were the inoperative stick shaker stall warning system and the ABX DC-8 flight training simulator’s inadequate fidelity in reproducing the airplane’s stall characteristics.
Recommendations
Evaluate the data available on the stall characteristics of airplanes used in
air carrier service and, if appropriate, require the manufacturers and
operators of flight simulators used in air carrier pilot training to improve
the fidelity of these simulators in reproducing the stall characteristics of
the airplanes they represent to the maximum extent that is practical; then
add training in recovery from stalls with pitch attitudes at or below the
horizon to the special events training programs of air carriers.
Require that all transport-category aircraft present pilots with angle of
attack information in a visual format, and that all air carriers train their
pilots to use the information to obtain maximum possible climb
performance.
Seems some parallels may be hinted at with the Coglan.