A pilot friend of mine, flew C130s in the Air Force, related a landing training exercise he was going through, he was near touchdown when the plane started to stall. Although he had had ample instructions on what to do in a stall he pulled up on the wheel,(stick?), to bring the nose up. The trainer immediately pushed the wheel down and brought the speed up for a close call but safe landing. My friend had to change his shorts but learned a good lesson. Because this planes' tail hit first I suspect the pilot was trying to bring it out of a stall by raising the nose. It was below the safe landing speed to retain appropriate lift and was maybe in a stall? Just asking.

Jack.