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After seeing all of the photos, and reading/listening to sound tapes, Jack may have been trying initially to go around---reasons for me thinking that----
It is what most pilots would do.
However---the photos definately show that he only had partial flaps and the aircraft entered the stall
With a T tail aircraft and rear fuselage mounted engines---the airflow over the wings in a stall situation can block the engine intakes and rear elevators.
Being that he was flying in a vfr approach to close in turn to final he was only using partial flaps for manuevering so the stall came on quickly with the tight turn----and since he had the power back, he probably got compressor stalls in both engines at throttle up
The airlines fly approaches in a high drag confiq so that the engines are maintained at high power levels to eliminate possibility of compressor stalls and slow spool up--
One Jacks plane entered the stall in the turn in it was pretty much over and I think that from what I have read and heard I believe that he did an admirable job of puttin her down as well as he did.
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