Under FAA rules you cannot be crew in that type/class of aircraft
Terry, Yes you can. The FAA define "flight crew member" as, "
crew member means a pilot, flight engineer, or flight navigator assigned to duty in an aircraft during flight time".
Had Ewald been a passenger he would have been listed as such in that particular section of the report which asks for the passengers names. But none are listed.
The accident report has the following options to describe your crew member status,
Pilot
Copilot
Flight Instructor
Student
Check Pilot
Flight Engineer
Other
Ewald ticked "Other". He is saying in black and white on the accident report that he was crew and was logging the hours, and the report states the number of hours he so logged. He is openly saying he was not a passenger. So in what capacity was he acting as "crew". My guess is that TCT was acting as PIC under supervision, ICUS we call it here.