Incident Overview
According to the pilot, shortly after takeoff from runway 34, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet, he observed "dark clouds" surrounding the airport and decided to return to the airport to land. As he turned onto final approach at 700 feet and about 65 mph, he noticed the wind was blowing from the southwest. The pilot applied left aileron and right rudder to compensate for the wind.
Sequence of Events
During the landing flare, a gust of wind blew the airplane to the right. The airplane touched down on the right side of the runway, but the pilot reported being unable to maintain correction with full left rudder and braking. The airplane then continued off the runway and impacted a parked car and then a garage door on the airport before coming to rest.
Weather Conditions
Winds reported at an airport about 40 miles to the southwest, at 1353, were from 180 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 22 knots.