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A 4500lb car travelling at 180 mph experiences a 20G force if stopped in 50'. Now granted the accident aircraft did not "initially" stop in 50', but instead apparently changed his vetor angle at the bottom of the dive. An angled stop is less severe than a 90' stop as well. That being said if instead of "stopping" his dive he over pulled, then his vector angle change was more severe than a "stop", albeit beginning at an angle.
In the heat of fear, if he pulled this plane up at the last minute, especially given the large elevator on the 337 which will do a damn good job stopping or deflecting the descent, I can see the plane stopping it's descent in a distance that would cause some serious G's loading of the wings. Meanwhile if there were alterations to the tips and added weight of fuel in the tips, this is a no-brainer.
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