BTW if any of you are interested here is a fantastic AVWeb describing another fatal stall/spin in the modern-day doctor killer, Cirrus SR22.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nm_hoHhbFo

Would an AOA gauge help? Well certainly an understanding of aerodynamics would have avoiding high load high-G maneuvers close to ground resulting in high AOA and a spin when trying to "make" a runway.