Ummmm... this is in no way meant as criticism - just curiosity - if the problem was known that early, was a roll out, or a down-elevator recovery to level attempted, or did he stick with the loop all the way ? If the latter - did the radius stay constant or increase or decay from that point, or was the elevator so ineffective that a straight line was drawn from the 10 o'clock position to the ground ?

What kind of speed did the aircraft have at the time ? i.e was the elevator mushiness definitely a servo issue, rather than there just not being enough air over them for them to be effective ?
What was the status of the receiver, servos, linkages & control horns after the crash ?

Again - no crtiticism of any of the pilots is implied - I just wanna understand what was tried, what worked to some extent, what didn't work at all, etc., so that I am somewhat forwarned if I should ever be unlucky enough to face that problem on my Bobcat. Fortunately, the only softness on my controls (thusfar !) is the expo.

Gordon