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Originally Posted by Bigtime
So airliner flying folks, was that possibly an over-correction that almost looked like it could have started getting into pilot induced oscillation before being corrected?
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Yeah, an interesting one to try to figure out. Landed crab on, which is acceptable, but on a dry runway the wheels can certainly grab and give a good side load while it straightens out. There is a check forward just prior to the flare which caused a higher descent rate that couldn't be arrested prior to touchdown. The fact that it hit fairly hard made the tires dig in and and really kicked the aircraft laterally, and the pilot had to recover from that, which on an airplane with that much mass isn't easy. As well, as an airplane rotates on the yaw axis like that it causes more lift on the upwind wing making it rise.
What are your thoughts Bigtime?