S-92 Ditching
Several posts seem to have missed the fact that the S-92 was designed to meet FAA ditching requirements ( see Advisory Circular 29-2C and the S-92 RFM paragraph entitled "Ditching" ), which are hardly crash landing descriptions.
Secondly, these posts do not address the central question of why the crew did not follow the published emergency procedure, which would have afforded the opportunity to use the floats as designed.
Thanks,
John Dixson