Philadelphia Crash

Was asked by a couple of pilot friends what my 0.10 cents opinion on a possible cause of this crash.

This LOC was so quick and devastating all I can think of as possible Wild A*s Guesses was a runaway trim / autopilot malfunction, or a a modern glass cockpit that suddenly went blank resulting in not enough time to locate and recover flying the typical little battery powered AI backup. Or, the loss of the elevator flight control (broken cable?) that suddenly defaulted to way nose down as negative G's had everyone on board floating up against their seat belts.

Hard to believe a severe case of spatial disorientation on an instrument take off in a high-performance aircraft like a Lear, that the non-flying pilot couldn't or wouldn't take over and attempt to save the day following this serious nose over.
 
Rick A said:
Was asked by a couple of pilot friends what my 0.10 cents opinion on a possible cause of this crash.

This LOC was so quick and devastating all I can think of as possible Wild A*s Guesses was a runaway trim / autopilot malfunction, or a a modern glass cockpit that suddenly went blank resulting in not enough time to locate and recover flying the typical little battery powered AI backup. Or, the loss of the elevator flight control (broken cable?) that suddenly defaulted to way nose down as negative G's had everyone on board floating up against their seat belts.

Hard to believe a severe case of spatial disorientation on an instrument take off in a high-performance aircraft like a Lear, that the non-flying pilot couldn't or wouldn't take over and attempt to save the day following this serious nose over.
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Yeah, like technology is the answer. No, it is the problem.
 
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