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THE PILOT FLEW OVER THE AIRPORT TO CHECKED THE WIND, WHICH HE SAID FAVORED RUNWAY 16. HE NOTED THERE WAS A LITTLE RIPPLE ON A LAKE ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. BUT NO WAVES OF WHITE CAPS. HE DETERMINED THAT THE WIND WAS PROBABLY 170 TO 180 DEGREES AT 6 TO 7 KNOTS, WITH THE WINDSOCK ABOUT 1/2 WAY OUT. THE LANDING APPROACH WAS NORMAL. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO RISE UNEXPECTEDLY TO APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, ALMOST FORCING THE LEFT WING ON TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND; HOWEVER, THE WIND WAS BLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS 'BEHIND THE CURVE.' THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT ULTIMATELY CRASHED THROUGH A BARBED WIRE PERIMETER FENCE BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A LAKE. RESCUE PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT NEAR THE TIME THE ACCIDENT, THE WINDS WERE KICKING FROM THE WEST WITH SHORT GUSTS OF APPROCIMATELY 20 TO 30 MPH. ALSO THE NOTED THAT IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THE ACCIDENT, GUSTS COME OUT OF NOWHERE ON A MOMENTS NOTICE, DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS COMPUTED TO BE 8000 FEET MSL.