The FO and possibly PF was no slouch either.
They hit a wire on the way down which caused this to be a fatal accident, current theory is they were trying to put the thing down on the street (Havenhurst). I haven't heard any theories as to why they didn't climb above 200', why the nose baggage door was open, and what else was going wrong to cause them to not abort the takeoff, yet try to land off-airport where they were, especially with the wide open area next to the VNY VOR.
They hit a wire on the way down which caused this to be a fatal accident, current theory is they were trying to put the thing down on the street (Havenhurst). I haven't heard any theories as to why they didn't climb above 200', why the nose baggage door was open, and what else was going wrong to cause them to not abort the takeoff, yet try to land off-airport where they were, especially with the wide open area next to the VNY VOR.