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(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FRONT RANGE AIRPORT (FTG) WITH A DESTINATION OF A PRIVATE STRIP OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PRIVATE DIRT/GRASS STRIP IS APPROXIMATELY 1250 FEET. MR. HOFFMANN APPROACHED THE FIELD FROM THE EAST TO WEST HEADING FOR A FLY OVER. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE (WINDSOCK ON FIELD). MR. HOFFMAN MADE HIS APPROACH FROM THE WEST. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FOOT DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. A TAIL WIND KEPT THE AIRCRAFT FROM STAYING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED TO GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT COULD ONLY CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AGL. THE RUNWAY IS EAST/WEST, AT THE EAST END IS ONE TREE. MR. HOFFMAN ELECTED TO FLY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TREE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING TO THE SOUTH, IT WAS SET DOWN IN A LARGE, FLAT DRY CREEK BED. THE BED IS FIVE TO SIX FEET DEEP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES PER HOUR WITH POWER REDUCED. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT CONTACTED THE BANK AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO IT'S BACK. DAMAGED PROP, LEFT MAIN STRUT, FUSELAGE, RUDDER TIP, BOTH WING STRUTS, RIGHT WING PULLED DOWN AT ATTACH POINT, WING LEADING EDGES.