An awful "read", it certainly was a classic "Swiss Cheese" accident. Despite my readily admitted admiration of the PIC, it's undeniable that the ultimate responsibility for this accident lies with him.
My thoughts entirely Dora-9! No argument there, what so ever. But even after taking all of the contributing factors into consideration, if there was ever a case for carrying out a missed approach, this was clearly it…
And, by the way, he DIDN'T have the ADP functioning
As for the reason for the degraded performance of the #1 Hydraulic System, or the position of the ADP control switch, neither was fully determined.
I do not consider my earlier comments trite, but yes, definitely critical.
Like often is the case, this is an incident that so easily could have been avoided…
So you're telling me that, placed in the same situation where the operator (rushed introduction/different operating culture), the owner declining to modify the aircraft and a unhelpful crew all combined to "set you up", there's no possibility that you'd have been led into the same error? And, by the way, he DIDN'T have the ADP functioning!
I would like to think not...