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Old 10th Jul 2001, 01:11
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Some (cough) years ago, with the grand total of about 20h, I was doing circuits. I had just turned base to final when tower asked for a left 360 for spacing. I was about 400'agl at about 60KIAS with 20º flaps (C152). I rolled left and pulled, keen to obey - only to sink sideways rather more than turn. The main feeling I had was that I was going down way too fast. The only thing I could think to do was stop pulling, or even push a bit, and roll level - to hell with heading- as that might reverse whatever had happened

I came out at about 150'agl heading 120º left of the runway and wandered off to sort myself out.

No spin but I reckoned I had an accelerated stall, not to mention a fright. I don't think I really understood what had happened until chatting some time after. If I had spun at that height I would have been a statistic now.
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