Thud and Blunder
I quite see where you are coming from, but are you saying had you crashed it, no investigation would have been carried out and the broken pitch link not found? I do hope not. If however your aircraft had flown slap bang into the side of the valley in mist and no evidence of mechanical failure was subsequently found you would probably be in the frame for a bit of investigation!
I think that most of us have flown aircraft that have had a major/catostrophic failure shortly after we had flown it. I recall the whole tail rotor pylon of a Wessex V that fell off onto the flight deck as the tail was being folded after it had landed on!
I would not have blamed the pilot then nor you after all the available evidence had come to light.
I am certain that many posters in this tragic case are undervaluing the airmanship aspects of the accident.