What NOT to do to your Sterling P-38

Today the Philly Fliers were supposed to attend the Reading, PA Flying Dutchmen Fly In. We typically visit this site twice a year. I'm fortunate to also be a member of this club which allows me access. Due to a unexpected event, the day was cancelled and postponed until next week. Seeing that I was already loaded and had all intentions of going I went to see a few other members. I had this Sterling P-38 for quite some time. It was in need of repairs and I invested a lot of time over the past two weeks doing the needed repair work. All silkspan was corrected and repaired with all of the repairs essentially unoticeable. Power is two Max-S .10's. A perfect match for this plane in terms of power and weight. The outboard engine though was really cranking. I think something on the ground caught the line, it didn't offer a abrupt jerk but it certainly turned in. My son regained control about 180 deg on the other side but the jerk really did something to the controls. The plane however appeared as if all was good flying level. It then turned nose high doing a wingover coming back to me. At first it looked intentional but then it was obvious that there was something not entirely correct. Well it struck the asphalt exploding the plane leaving a debris of wreckage for nearly 30 ft. It was spectacular that's for certain. The one engine took a hard hit and I haven't had a chance to look at it.  It was a sad ending to a plane I have owned for a long time  This one hurts. I don't know why but I had a attachment to a very horrible flying plane. I just liked it nonetheless. This is how you do a fine job of wrecking a plane. It went right into the trash can. The fact that I lost the Veco nose wheel upset me the most. We looked all over for it but it was non existent.