The bug
When a minecart falls it starts to fall normally, but then teleports to the ground. You can clearly see it in third person.
The bug seems to occur only when there are rails where the minecart is falling to, so it's probably related to the minecart "snapping" to the rails: see MC-71779.
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Related to MC-2714.
The player falls normally