Flighthappens. I agree. But I can't help thinking that the ATSB would have done well to examine the psychological reaction to receiving and obeying a direction from ATC to descend in a state of duress, rather than the waffle it had on the psychological effect of a gear warning horn. It would appear that the ATSB have discounted this topic completely. Also, if you look at the difference in reporting of the controllers radio calls between the preliminary report and the final report plus the lack of any transcripts, I think that leaves them open to the suspicion of changing the radio dialogue to suit their desired conclusion.
The official NTSB transcript is here ;
http://dms.ntsb.gov/public%2F47000-4...0%2F420526.pdf
But I have found a number of blogs accusing the NTSB of adding the mayday call. Listening to the recording, I have sympathy with this view.
Wouldn't it have been nice for the ATSB to have done a similar transcript for PGW in the 131 weeks it took to write the report?