If, however, we scoped the job to examine in depth events leading up to the disaster, what went wrong, and why it went wrong, this would be a case study.
There is no scenario in which this would be considered a case study. 
mnli hypothesis: There is no scenario in which this would be considered a case study.  premise: If, however, we scoped the job to examine in depth events leading up to the disaster, what went wrong, and why it went wrong, this would be a case study.