Talking of getting into the dirt ...
At Cape Town last year, a new captain to the line had a new (like just out of the box!!) ERJ 135 and misjudged the turning circle on a taxiway and put one leg in the dirt.
As he still had the other main and the nose on the tarmac, he decided not to wait for the tow truck and 'sand' plates....
in due course they arrived with the tow-truck and the 'sand' plates to get him out.
When I went through (two weeks later) the grass and dirt was still showing the results of his experiment with two rather powerful donkeys ....