"Michael 182" wrote:
Glad the chute worked, but what would cause an airplane to stall at
16,000 feet, then encounter turbulence that would send it into a spin
at 15,000 feet? At that height it would seem a stall should be pretty
simple to recover from, although, once again, I can't imagine what
would make the plane stall in the first place during cruise.

Well, remember that this report comes from a typically aviation-ignorant
reporter. The NTSB report may be more revealing.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM