Hmm. I definitely was flying the plane all afternoon really close to, if not at, stall speed. I was flying where I had to keep the nose pointed maybe 20 to 30 degrees up, using lots of elevator, and the plane was still sinking. Tip stalls would happen, and power and/or opposite aileron would correct it.

What gets me about what happened is that the plane completely got turned around and was flying away from me, and was rolling and almost looping on its own. I guess it's hard to say what happened. I think/imagine the stall characteristics of the plane are pretty gentle, at least from what I have seen so far. I can't imagine the plane turning itself around from a stall, in the opposite direction that I was turning in to final from.

Dunno. I guess some more investigation to noise in that area is a must.

I did bring it around to the other side of the field to land it. Unfortunately I don't know if/when the throttle kicked in, if it did it immediately or not. I was struggling with the plane for quite a while, and actually think the throttle might have kicked in later, when I regained control, but can't really remember.