Similar Circumstances
NorthSouth,
We lost at least one crew in very similar circumstances (although ours was at night). There was conjecture that our loss involved the pilot not getting his "pickle, paddle, pull" sequence right, resulting in a PIO fight with the flight controls (series trim) which complicated his control of the manouvre. Last Pavetack image we had was the Pod LOS looking along the underside of his port wing (he was inverted). Similar ending, big crater, with a limited external wreckage field.