Originally Posted by rickair7777

I'm taking the liberty of assuming that it's more likely he fell out while inspecting the gear, than that he jumped intentionally.

I'm also assuming it's slightly more likely that he committed suicide than that he thought it would safer to try to freefall into a lake from 3500 than land with a missing wheel.


This is one of those times when I think it's useful to talk about this before the final comes out because others might learn to be careful when troubleshooting gear problems.

Kind of doubt the final will be conclusive anyway. The investigators will probably reach the same conclusion I did, but have no way to disprove the survivor's version.