Encounter With a Downdraft 

The pilot was flying the Air Inuit de Havilland DHC-8 cargo plane below the glide path, intending to land just beyond the threshold to reduce the risk of a runway overrun, but a downdraft speeded the descent and the wheels touched down about 220 ft (67 m) before the threshold. The DHC-8 struck a gravel mound, breaking off part of the left main landing gear, and the airplane bounced, then touched down on the nosewheel and right-main landing gear.

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