Incident Overview
During a landing attempt on a road, a pilot encountered a dust devil that struck the airplane. The pilot applied full power to abort the landing. Subsequently, a gust of wind struck the airplane, causing it to drift south of the road toward a set of power lines. The pilot pulled up and attempted to maneuver the airplane over the power lines, but the airplane stalled and impacted a ditch on the north side of the road.
Aircraft Damage
The accident resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, right wing tip, nose landing gear, both left and right main landing gear, and the propeller.
Flight Details
The pilot was preparing to land westbound on the road when the dust devil struck. No further details regarding the aircraft type, registration, date, operator, location, occupants, injuries, time of day, weather characterization, or air traffic control involvement were specified in the source.