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Originally Posted by bran3b
The picture with the right wing about to touch the ground appears to show the rudder also to the right. Then in the last image in Excaliber's post, while the plane is still moving, the rudder still appears to be to the right, it is not until the plane comes to rest that the rudder then shifts to the left.
So my question is, could this indicate that he was trying to avoid something by turning the plane which then caused the stall? It looks to me like he is turning away from the intended runway.
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I do not know if he was trying to turn on purpose, but as an airplane increases its bank, it requires ever more lift (i.e., upward aerodynamic force) to keep it from descending. If I were low and slow when I realized I needed to maneuver to avoid a conflict, my turns would be as gentle as possible. Let me add that the only conflicts I can imagine that would necessitate such low altitude maneuvering would be a vehicle unexpectedly pulling out on the runway or birds or another airplane unexpectedly flying into my path. If I were maneuvering to avoid a conflict with a known airplane (e.g., the airplane landing ahead of me), I would have made the decision and started the go-around maneuver much earlier when it was safer to do so.