I have done essentially that very thing as a periodic Convention presentation over the last decade. I extract location, situation, causal factors according to NTSB, and then interview local soaring folks abut fatalities.
The results are often very conflicting with the formal statement, and situationally much more believable in context. The local knowledge often controverts the wrung-dry report.
I add the hype of ill informed media reporting, and then ask my audience to conjecture about possible causes. We always get a range of possibilities, based on the audience's life/piloting experiences.
Then, I wrap up each event by asking if the audience knows folks who have toyed with similar scenarios at their home field, or themselves been thusly vulnerable. That's when the real learning occurs. "I can be vulnerable. I can avoid that behavior." "I can intercede when I see that occurring."
Yes - there is tremendous value in reviewing the reports and imagining how to avoid those situations for the future.
Best wishes for 2014,
Cindy B