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An individual was landings at dwh on 4/8/22 when he lost control of the aircraft and departed the runway. The pilot had ~90 total hours and stated that the purpose of the flight was to practice crosswind landings. The winds were approximately 12KTS sustained gusting to 21KTS coming from 40 degrees left of runway heading. At 20? Above touchdown a wind gust pushed the aircraft well right of centerline and the pilot considered going around, but corrected back to center and decided to continue the landing. Just as the aircraft touched down with the left main gear, there was another gust which forced the right main down while the aircraft was still significantly crabbed into the wind (to the left). Because of the large amount of rudder input and its alignment on the runway, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway just north of the intersection of runway 35L and taxiway g. as soon as the aircraft entered to grass beside the runway, the nose gear collapsed and the nose of the aircraft struck the ground. The nose gear and propeller striking the ground caused the aircraft to flip over the along the lateral axis and come to rest on the top of the aircraft. This resulted in damage to the propeller, nose, vertical fin, wings, landing gear, and struts of the aircraft. The pilot, who was uninjured, secured the engine and battery and exited the aircraft.