20100211027719A

On the morning of 11 February, the pilot had flown from the frankfort municipal airport (kfkr) to the daviess county airport (kdcy) prior to flying to the Connersville airport (kcev). The pilot obtained landing weather from the kcev AWOS and elected to land on runway 18 with a reported right cross wind of approximately eight knots. The pilot noted the runway had patches of compacted snow and ice on the runway surface. The pilot added five knots to his final approach speed to compensate for the anticipated crosswind and touched down left of the runway center line. After touch down,the aircraft continued to gradually track left of centerline and departed the runway surface approximately 500 feet from the touchdown point. The aircraft's left main landing gear entered the snow bank east of runway 18, and as the aircraft encountered the increased drag of the snow, the left wing tip contacted the snow bank and ground which caused the aircraft to yaw rapidly to the left. The aircraft came to a stop back on the runway approximately 185 feet from where it initally departed the runway surface and was now pointed in a north-westerly direction. The pilot egressed without injury. The aircraft sustained damage to the left wing which partially separated from the fuselage, the wing spar and left wing tip as well as damage to the propeller, landing gear fairings, both flaps and lower fuselage skin.