Whatever was intended, the
actual manoeuvre flown was in effect a half barrel roll followed by a half loop. The first half barrel roll was both totally inappropriate (irrespective of aircraft type) and completely unprecedented. The second, tragic 'half loop' was equally inappropriate. In my opinion, the inappropriate manoeuvres, especially combined with the bizzare and inappropriate throttle movements
scream cognitive impairement from before the pull-up.
For me there are some obvious similarities to another tragic accident where sadly the pilot died, but fortunately no-one else was injured.
With the benefit of an ADR the Board of Inquiry were able to declare that
"Pilot incapacitation ....was a possible cause.."..
A brief excerpt from that report is thought-provoking:
