Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Maybe plummeting towards the ground with insufficient pitch up response?
Yes they could have spun the wheel by hand, but maybe they didn't think that was fast enough?
Please someone, post a video of themselves "easily" spinning the wheel back, with trim position starting in the full down position, speed at or near VMO, and being in air as denses as it is a 1000 ft msl/agl. Think about the bind force on the jack screw you are trying to overcome in that situation.