Oops, you're right. I stated it incorrectly. Here's the correction:
"the touchdown was made with the ball breaking the plane in the air."
Furthermore, mcg2000, at the start of this thread, has an excellent picture of the ball breaking the plane as Ben landed.
The ball did not break the plane. The angle on the picture is skewed.
Believe what you want. But Ben didn't get in. He has even said so.