Narrative:

On landing at orf runway 5, aircraft landed hard and left wing scraped runway surface. Winds were called 330 degrees, 20 KTS gusting 30 KTS variable '010 degrees to 320 degrees' on ATIS. At approximately 20 ft AGL, a pronounced loss of lift and strong left roll was felt. Power was increased and full right roll and rudder to arrest left roll. Aircraft landed while still banked left with a high sink rate, right roll control input was taking effect at touchdown and we settled onto the right main. Power was retarded and rollout normal. There were no windshear warnings from tower. I reported a PIREP of approximately 25 KTS loss at approximately 20 ft AGL. Supplemental information from acn 613431: left wing dropped and scraped the runway, resulting roll to the right resulted in extremely firm touchdown. Rollout uneventful. On taxi in, flight attendant called to inform us that the left wingtip was bent up. During before landing checklist, approximately 1000 ft AGL, PNF noticed the rudder unrestr light not illuminated. A bulb test showed the light still not illuminated. With the airspeed above 144 KIAS, not uncommon but still caused some discussion about going around, given that the winds were gusting to limits. First officer stated he had full rudder control and the approach was stable, I elected to continue.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WINDSHEAR AND LOSS OF ACFT CTL CREATES A WINGTIP STRIKE IN AN MD88 ON LNDG AFTER A XWIND APCH AND LNDG PROC AT ORF, VA.

Narrative: ON LNDG AT ORF RWY 5, ACFT LANDED HARD AND L WING SCRAPED RWY SURFACE. WINDS WERE CALLED 330 DEGS, 20 KTS GUSTING 30 KTS VARIABLE '010 DEGS TO 320 DEGS' ON ATIS. AT APPROX 20 FT AGL, A PRONOUNCED LOSS OF LIFT AND STRONG L ROLL WAS FELT. PWR WAS INCREASED AND FULL R ROLL AND RUDDER TO ARREST L ROLL. ACFT LANDED WHILE STILL BANKED L WITH A HIGH SINK RATE, R ROLL CTL INPUT WAS TAKING EFFECT AT TOUCHDOWN AND WE SETTLED ONTO THE R MAIN. PWR WAS RETARDED AND ROLLOUT NORMAL. THERE WERE NO WINDSHEAR WARNINGS FROM TWR. I RPTED A PIREP OF APPROX 25 KTS LOSS AT APPROX 20 FT AGL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 613431: L WING DROPPED AND SCRAPED THE RWY, RESULTING ROLL TO THE R RESULTED IN EXTREMELY FIRM TOUCHDOWN. ROLLOUT UNEVENTFUL. ON TAXI IN, FLT ATTENDANT CALLED TO INFORM US THAT THE L WINGTIP WAS BENT UP. DURING BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST, APPROX 1000 FT AGL, PNF NOTICED THE RUDDER UNRESTR LIGHT NOT ILLUMINATED. A BULB TEST SHOWED THE LIGHT STILL NOT ILLUMINATED. WITH THE AIRSPD ABOVE 144 KIAS, NOT UNCOMMON BUT STILL CAUSED SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT GOING AROUND, GIVEN THAT THE WINDS WERE GUSTING TO LIMITS. FO STATED HE HAD FULL RUDDER CTL AND THE APCH WAS STABLE, I ELECTED TO CONTINUE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.