What happened
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N3238G a North American SNJ-6 on may 8, 2020 departed runway 17 from Boerne Stage airpark (5C1) to the west. Returning to 5C1 from the west, pilot entered right traffic pattern for runway 17 and made a successful full stop landing with winds starting to shift westward. Pilot elected to do another takeoff and landing, departing runway 17, pilot felt the winds picking up on the downwind leg, upon touchdown on centerline as the pilot lowered the tail wheel onto the runway he felt a strong pull to the right resulting in a ground loop, right main gear collapsed and portions of the strut and wheel assembly were torn off the aircraft with sections of the landing gear tearing a hole through the right wing near the trailing edge just behind the landing gear, causing the right wing and propeller to strike the ground resulting in propeller damage and the right wing being creased near the center from leading edge at an angle to the trailing edge, and the aircraft coming to rest just off runway edge. No post-crash fire and pilot reported no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
N3238G A NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-6 ON MAY 8, 2020 DEPARTED RUNWAY 17 FROM BOERNE STAGE AIRPARK (5C1) TO THE WEST. RETURNING TO 5C1 FROM THE WEST, PILOT ENTERED RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 17 AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL FULL STOP LANDING WITH WINDS STARTING TO SHIFT WESTWARD. PILOT ELECTED TO DO ANOTHER TAKEOFF AND LANDING, DEPARTING RUNWAY 17, PILOT FELT THE WINDS PICKING UP ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, UPON TOUCHDOWN ON CENTERLINE AS THE PILOT LOWERED THE TAIL WHEEL ONTO THE RUNWAY HE FELT A STRONG PULL TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP, RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND PORTIONS OF THE STRUT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE TORN OFF THE AIRCRAFT WITH SECTIONS OF THE LANDING GEAR TEARING A HOLE THROUGH THE RIGHT WING NEAR THE TRAILING EDGE JUST BEHIND THE LANDING GEAR, CAUSING THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND RESULTING IN PROPELLER DAMAGE AND THE RIGHT WING BEING CREASED NEAR THE CENTER FROM LEADING EDGE AT AN ANGLE TO THE TRAILING EDGE, AND THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST JUST OFF RUNWAY EDGE. NO POST-CRASH FIRE AND PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
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