What happened
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The pilot approached the Payson Airport (kpan) from the north. The pilot checked the AWOS and decided to make an approach with a contingency to go around and return to glendale if the landing had to be aborted for any reason. The pilot turned southwest to set up a 45 deg entry to right downwind for runway 24. He would be following a Piper that was inbound to land via the right downwind to runway 24. The pilot said that runway 24 was preferred for wind direction and was the active runway prior to his arrival. He indicated he entered a right downwind as the Piper turned base to final. He proceeded with the pre-landing checks and configured the aircraft for landing. The pilot observed the windsock, which was located just beyond his intended touchdown point, the windsock indicated a variable crosswind, consistent with the AWOS report. The windsock was not fully deflected the pilot setup a cross-wind correction to maintain the center line on the approach and carried 5-10 KTS additional speed, considering the wind direction and variability. The pilot indicated he touched down just beyond the 1000-foot markers on the runway. On touchdown there was a slight bounce, followed by a drift to the right of the centerline. The pilot indicated he made a correction using the rudder and aileron to maintain the centerline then added power to initiate a go-around. As the pilot started to go around he said there was an abrupt wind velocity change from left to right inducing an abrupt bank angle to the right and aircraft movement to the right of the centerline. The pilot said he then heard a grinding noise and thought it was the wing tip contacting the runway. Not knowing, the origin of the grinding noise, damage to the aircraft, and the significance of the aircraft bank angle, he aborted the go-around. The aircraft returned to the ground, on the right side of the runway.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT APPROACHED THE PAYSON AIRPORT (KPAN) FROM THE NORTH. THE PILOT CHECKED THE AWOS AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN APPROACH WITH A CONTINGENCY TO GO AROUND AND RETURN TO GLENDALE IF THE LANDING HAD TO BE ABORTED FOR ANY REASON. THE PILOT TURNED SOUTHWEST TO SET UP A 45 DEG ENTRY TO RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 24. HE WOULD BE FOLLOWING A PIPER THAT WAS INBOUND TO LAND VIA THE RIGHT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 24. THE PILOT SAID THAT RUNWAY 24 WAS PREFERRED FOR WIND DIRECTION AND WAS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL. HE INDICATED HE ENTERED A RIGHT DOWNWIND AS THE PIPER TURNED BASE TO FINAL. HE PROCEEDED WITH THE PRE-LANDING CHECKS AND CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. THE PILOT OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK, WHICH WAS LOCATED JUST BEYOND HIS INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT, THE WINDSOCK INDICATED A VARIABLE CROSSWIND, CONSISTENT WITH THE AWOS REPORT. THE WINDSOCK WAS NOT FULLY DEFLECTED THE PILOT SETUP A CROSS-WIND CORRECTION TO MAINTAIN THE CENTER LINE ON THE APPROACH AND CARRIED 5-10 KTS ADDITIONAL SPEED, CONSIDERING THE WIND DIRECTION AND VARIABILITY. THE PILOT INDICATED HE TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEYOND THE 1000-FOOT MARKERS ON THE RUNWAY. ON TOUCHDOWN THERE WAS A SLIGHT BOUNCE, FOLLOWED BY A DRIFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE PILOT INDICATED HE MADE A CORRECTION USING THE RUDDER AND AILERON TO MAINTAIN THE CENTERLINE THEN ADDED POWER TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. AS THE PILOT STARTED TO GO AROUND HE SAID THERE WAS AN ABRUPT WIND VELOCITY CHANGE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT INDUCING AN ABRUPT BANK ANGLE TO THE RIGHT AND AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE PILOT SAID HE THEN HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND THOUGHT IT WAS THE WING TIP CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. NOT KNOWING, THE ORIGIN OF THE GRINDING NOISE, DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT BANK ANGLE, HE ABORTED THE GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GROUND, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.
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