I'm not sure, but I tend to believe the original explanation of a cross-controlled stall.  However, the part of the explanation that speculates that he is going "too fast" doesn't go with the stall theory.  Could it have been an engine failure/Vmc stall?  I suppose, but looking at the plane visibly going sideways while pointing right at the camera leads me to believe the cross-control theory.  Regardless, it doesn't make sense to me to reject a likely explanation just because it could be something else.  And anyway, over the years I've found myself rounding the base leg into a continuous turn as a preventive measure against inadvertently tightening the turn to final.  At least in my case, to say "I'll never do that because I'm so good" would be purely delusional.

Safe flying,

Gary Casey

 

From Jarrett

Alan I'm curious how you can tell so much from this video? It is certainly a possible explanation but so is a Vmca excursion? Or possible a stall due to aileron application only. I find it curious that he applied any rudder at that point in his flight or how you see this in the video?I've read elsewhere that this particular event occurred on a Maint flight after some serious work on the plane (possibly there was a loss of power on one engine during the flight).

I fly (corporately) a VERY similar a/c and I've NEVER 'horsed' it around with rudder with the exception of simulated single engine overshoot training, the abrupt movement felt in the planes rear seats is would be very uncomfortable due to the yaw.

I agree that cross controlling would not be a good thing while flying in this stage of flight but I see no way to chalk this crash in the video up to this application of controls.

Fwiw

Jarrett Johnson