What happened
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(-23) Pilot was the sole occupant of the aircraft. He had flown 3.5 hours IFR from California to Astoria, Oregon. He was cleared some distance out and flew the VOR rwy 8 approach, and became visual descending through 8000'. He entered downwind for runway 26. Wind was 210 at 7. The airplane was light with the pilot's minimal baggage and an hour's fuel remaining. He slipped to the runway and was using full flaps. Showers had moved through the area recently. As he touched down the wind picked up his left wing and moved the nose twenty degrees to the right. The pilot added full power and raised the nose for a go-around, and left the runway at axis approximately 40 degrees from the runway heading, while the fuselage continued in a right turn to about 060 degrees, traveling first on the wet runway, the six inch wet grass for about 100 feet and then entered the taller grass and brambles, where the left main gear took a bite and folded under the fuselage along with the nose gear. Also damaged were the left wing, elevator and propeller. No injury.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE HAD FLOWN 3.5 HOURS IFR FROM CALIFORNIA TO ASTORIA, OREGON. HE WAS CLEARED SOME DISTANCE OUT AND FLEW THE VOR RWY 8 APPROACH, AND BECAME VISUAL DESCENDING THROUGH 8000'. HE ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 26. WIND WAS 210 AT 7. THE AIRPLANE WAS LIGHT WITH THE PILOT'S MINIMAL BAGGAGE AND AN HOUR'S FUEL REMAINING. HE SLIPPED TO THE RUNWAY AND WAS USING FULL FLAPS. SHOWERS HAD MOVED THROUGH THE AREA RECENTLY. AS HE TOUCHED DOWN THE WIND PICKED UP HIS LEFT WING AND MOVED THE NOSE TWENTY DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND RAISED THE NOSE FOR A GO-AROUND, AND LEFT THE RUNWAY AT AXIS APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING, WHILE THE FUSELAGE CONTINUED IN A RIGHT TURN TO ABOUT 060 DEGREES, TRAVELING FIRST ON THE WET RUNWAY, THE SIX INCH WET GRASS FOR ABOUT 100 FEET AND THEN ENTERED THE TALLER GRASS AND BRAMBLES, WHERE THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOOK A BITE AND FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE ALONG WITH THE NOSE GEAR. ALSO DAMAGED WERE THE LEFT WING, ELEVATOR AND PROPELLER. NO INJURY.
NTSB investigation
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