[plthijinx]

bin laden's brother died not too far from where i live. he owned an airport called Houston Gulf (aka: spaceland). well he apparently wasn't that good of a pilot cuz he stall/spun on final and augured in on final approach. i'd have to do some digging to find the ntsb report, but it'd be my guess he got into the all too familiar cross controlled stall from turning base to final where many approach to landing accidents happen. what happens is this: the pilot overshoots the runway centerline on base so as they are turning, for example, left to line up with the runway they are forcing the nose of the airplane to the left using way too much left rudder. then what happens is you have to input right aileron to compensate putting the plane in a dangerous situation. do it too much and the plane stalls with no warning. no stall warning horn, no buffet, no nothing. to recover from such a stall requires more than a 1000 ft so most that get into that situation die.