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The math would be as follows: He decended from 1400msl to 600 msl in a left bank and accelerated 23 kts from the beginning top of his decending dive as noted on radar. It started at 148deg - at 156kts, and the next and last return was 62 deg at 171kts . If he maintained the same descent profile then it is: 23 x 450 / 800 = 13kts in additional airspeed at 150msl/ground = 184Kts +/-
My book says: Va 137KIAS at max gross: Do not make full or abrupt control movements above this speed. Further is says: Vno 168 KIAS : Do not exceed this speed except in smooth air, and then only with caution.
So unless this skymaster had an emergency chute that slowed it down in the last 450' of it's dive, than this was clearly a case of flying the aircraft way outside the parameters of Va, or even Vno
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