There is only one answer: identify whether a spin or spiral dive and recover in accordance with the aircrafts manual. But, how many pilots know the correct recovery or any recognised recovery drill at all: Very few is the truthful answer.
Not to be forgotten is that a modern aircraft will not stall or spin on it's own, it must be caused to do so by the pilot. Only a pilot unfamiliar with stalling or spinning will cause the aircraft to spin unintentionally. The pilot is always the weak link and today's pilot population, in general, is unlikely to ever have spun an aeroplane.
The pilot who is both experienced and current in stall/spin will always be expected to recover very early on at the first signs. The question has to be that if the pilot does not know what it is they have done to cause the aircraft to stall and spin, then it must be best to let go. Eric Mueller's advice in such a circumstance is after letting go shove the pedal giving the most resistance hard to the floor. The current Extra 300 POH advice for the startled pilot is as follows;
'Disorientation spin recovery
If ever disorientation should occur during spins (normal or inverted) one method always works to stop the spin:
1. Power idle
2. Kick rudder to the heavier side
(this will always be against spin direction)
Last edited by Fl1ingfrog; 7th Jul 2020 at 21:46.