It was lashing down with rain and we landed on one wheel and instead of straightening up quickly on the landing as usual, it sort of danced on this one wheel and tipped at such an angle that the wingtip hit the grass at the edge of the runway.
My goodness! Of course, in a split second, the plane straightened, but everyone on board was silent with blank pale faces as we stepped one by one down the steps, each of us in turn looking at the dripping sod of turf that was stuck to the wingtip!
I'll never forget that flight, lucky to be able to look back on it, I think that's the closest call I've had (if I ignore car incidences!).
I'd say you were very lucky there Clive, when a wing touches the ground it's very likely, even if it doesn't 'dig' in, to slow that side of the plane enough to do a ground loop (that's a horizontal loop not a cartwheel) and then be completely out of control.
