FLC OF AN ASTRA JET; IA1125 SCRAPPED THE L WING DURING TOUCHDOWN CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE L WING; WINGTIP AND AILERON.

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ON ARR TO THE KISSIMMEE; FL; ARPT; I WAS THE PNF. THE FO (PF) WAS RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED IN THE ACFT (LESS THAN 100 HRS). WE HAD JUST COMPLETED A VOR APCH FOR A CIRCLE-TO-LAND WHEN WE WERE GIVEN A SEQUENCE BEHIND A SINGLE ENG ACFT IN THE PATTERN. DURING THE MANEUVER; THE FO OVERSHOT THE TURN TO FINAL. WHILE ABLE TO RECOVER IN A TIMELY FASHION; THIS SET UP A FINAL APCH THAT DID NOT GIVE AN INEXPERIENCED PLT TIME TO STABILIZE HIMSELF. WE THEN CAME ACROSS THE THRESHOLD SLIGHTLY SLOW; BUT ON GS. WHILE TRYING TO TIME THE TOUCHDOWN; THE FO OVER ROTATED ON PITCH. DURING THE ENSUING FLOAT; THE ACFT GOT SLOW AND BEGAN A DUTCH ROLL THAT THE FO WAS UNABLE TO ARREST. I TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT; STOPPED THE DUTCH ROLL AND SET THE ACFT ON THE GND. ALL SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL WE CAME BACK OUT TO THE ACFT AND ACCOMPLISHED A PREFLT INSPECTION. WE THEN DISCOVERED THAT DURING THE ROLLING EPISODE; ONE OF THE WINGTIPS HAD CONTACTED THE RWY SURFACE; CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE TIP ITSELF. NO UNUSUAL NOISES OR CONTACT HAD BEEN FELT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: UNSTABILIZED APCH; INEXPERIENCED PF; SWEPT WING ACFT. THINGS TO BE LEARNED: 1) WHILE THE INITIAL UNSTABILIZED APCH DID NOT SEEM TO ME TO BE THAT EXCESSIVE I SHOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT A PLT WITH THIS LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE MIGHT HAVE DIFFICULTY RESTABILIZING THIS NIGHT LNDG. A BETTER CHOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO CALL FOR A GAR AT AN EARLIER LOCATION ON THE FINAL AND GIVING HIM A CHANCE TO GET SET UP OVER AGAIN. 2) MY OWN PERCEPTION OF HOW CLOSE THE SWEPT WINGTIPS WERE TO THE GND WITH A HIGH PITCH AND A LITTLE BANK WAS OBVIOUSLY IN ERROR. BOTH OF US FLY THE ASTRA AND THE CITATION SERIES OF ACFT. AN INCREASED LEVEL OF AWARENESS WILL BENEFIT BOTH US AND THE OTHER PLTS IN OUR FLT DEPT. 3) EVEN IF NOT CALLING FOR A GAR; I PERSONALLY WILL HAVE TO STEP IN EARLIER IF AN INEXPERIENCED FO EXHIBITS DIFFICULTY DURING LNDG.