Originally Posted by
H Peacock
If you're flying a relatively small flying machine with just the one engine then you'll definitely be aware of any noteable thrust and/or rpm variations without having to look at any gauges; even more so if you've not physically commanded them by moving the throttle!
That said, even in the event of a total loss of thrust at any stage of the display sequence, if the correct/appropriate actions were taken then no one would have died.
I could not agree more HP. Ultimately IMHO this tragedy has to come down to either pilot error or pilot incapacity of the mental of physical kind. However proving either would now seem to be impossible so we are left with nothing more than pure conjecture.