So what was the final accident report conclusion? I have always said it had to be a PEC fault. I have over 6,000 hrs of ATR time and had two PEC faults at highspeed. Those are much more violent than any v1 cut. I nearly went off the runway in one, required full left tiller to prevent an excursion.
I brought this up to the airline and ATR, that training for such an event wasn't sufficient. Of course, I was ignored. Later, after I left that airline, one Captain went off the runway. Instead of them admitting the problems with the PEC, they fired him but then the union got his job back.
I'm wondering if the Bangkok Airways ATR crash was similar in nature. Can't find anything on the internet about it.
ATR72 is a great workhorse of an aircraft, but the company is notorious for blaming all accidents on the pilots, as oppose to design flaws.