GIGO - Garbage in, garbage out.
If you get a half baked story that has potentially been told that wasn't entirely the truth, you'll get a half-arsed explanation as to what happened.
(Note - this is a general comment and not related to the accident referenced by this discussion)
I know of a DH82 that crashed on takeoff and was written off. The pilot said that the engine lost power and the passenger gave a description that pointed directly at a stall due to lack of airspeed on takeoff. It got written up as engine failure.
Last edited by VH-XXX; 25th Apr 2013 at 10:43.