Iceman
the damage was largely from the impact and not the rescue according to the reports I've read.
as for terminology, this thread started with a book by a fellow named langweische...I guess I made a mistake and assumed that everyone had read his father's book, which I mentioned in earlier posts: "Stick and Rudder", from which I heard the term in question.
JONDC9, who is that? In the words of Popeye...I yam what I yam.
Indeed it was the lack of flare reserve that had the impact greater than the airframe could withstand...at least at the aft end...