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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
I know that depth perception can be an issue with snow covered surfaces, I wonder if that was an issue with the delayed flare?
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There is some of that. There's also a discussion on Reddit (I lost the thread link) from an CRJ pilot who said that guys call it a "lawn dart" because you land it nose down and flare it very late-its less obvious than in most aircraft. That said, the video shows almost no flare.
Juan mentioned in the video above that they may have been holding left wing up on approach to counteract crosswind-if it died or greatly increased it could account for the hard impact on the right main. He also questions why the spar failure...although I can't tell from the video whether the wing failed due to the gear impact or whether the gear failed and they caught a wingtip.