Unstable flight and crash

I was out doing some test flights earlier, and seeing some strange behavior.

Flight flight:

https://review.px4.io/plot_app?log=28e18a9d-a601-4244-8d96-a0f1a5301ed9

Around 2:15. There is a large twitch on roll, settles out and lands safely.

second flight:

https://review.px4.io/plot_app?log=c5b929b9-d17c-4cff-b396-8cc5ed1f3aaf

around 4:45. Notice the large spike to the east. This did NOT happen. While flying there was what appeared to be a glitch on roll, resulting in a sharp motion to the west. Once this happened I took manual control and landed safely.

Third flight:

https://review.px4.io/plot_app?log=06816c81-9b99-48b9-add9-9953a58929b5

Around 9:55.

Coming in for a landing. Violent roll oscillation starts and ends up crashing into a snow bank.

Any idea what went wrong here? One disturbing theme I have noticed is that the problems seem to occur simultaneously with a logging dropout and a spike in CPU load.

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