Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
In a Twin Otter, it's called "Station 60 damage". Sadly common, and easy to do if careless in the flare. Always expensive, and usually done far from home....
When ditching, the airplane would not be my worry. My worries would be how to survive the ditch (initially and later on), and I'd like to use every part of the airplane as a crumble zone ......