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232 did not land wings level! The whole point was that the controls were jammed in a descending left hand turn, so when Capt Haynes closed the throthles the airplane made and uncommanded roll to the left and the left wing/engine pod impacted first. This caused the cartwheel/fireball so familiar to news footage of the time.
Had the engine impacted a ploughed field or water then the crash would have been even more spectacular and probably would have resulted in total loss of all aboard.
One of the reasons why stricken aircraft always try to land at an airport. Procedures/SOPs need to take a back seat if necessary - in a dire emergency, getting into a manageable landing opportunity on an adequate runway is surely the most likely situation for a reasonably successful outcome.