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.

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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.