Edmund
I agree. There are many euphemistic terms such as CFIT and your diabled landing would indeed suffice here. But I am not sure why crash is so anathema to many pilots. After all if a truck strikes a plane it is called a collision not something euphmistic like a ground handling error!
This was indeed a "disabled landing" which caused a minor crash which the airport,crew and aircraft were fully prepared to deal with.
My problem with some of us in the aviation industry is that we seem to have fallen into the trap of using
pr spin to describe everything e.g. smaller seats is 'densification" or "providing an enhanced passenger experience".
CFIT is a useful term which qualifies rather than replaces accident.
This was a minor crash resulting from an NLG failure. The pilots followed the checklists, used their skill and experience and the aircraft was designed to withstand the incident. So more a question of s@!# happens so we prepare.