Incident Description
The pilot stated that the flight was normal and that he extended the flaps to 45 degrees on one-half mile final for landing. Soon after touchdown, the right wing slowly began to fall to the ground. Subsequently, the right wingtip fuel tank impacted a runway light, which compromised the tank. Additionally, the right aileron received a deep gouge, and the outboard bottom of the wing was damaged. There was no post-landing fire.
Passenger Account
The pilot-certificated passenger reported that the pilot said to him while on final approach, "watch me make the first taxiway [1,342 feet]." The passenger further stated that "the approach looked really slow." He described the resulting landing as "joltingly hard" and said he was not sure if they had hit something. After the right wing was down on the runway, he saw fuel draining from the right tip tank, and after the airplane came to rest, he exited through the rear door.
Witness Observations
A construction employee acting as a ground traffic-safety person at the approach end to runway 01 observed the airplane land in the dirt, short of the runway. She said it looked like the airplane landed "very hard" and then bounced into the air. One of the fixed base operations employees stated that he saw the airplane on a steep final approach. He lost sight of the airplane behind a building but then saw the airplane perform its "second landing." The employee noted that the approach end to runway 01 has a 1 to 2 inch lip from the terrain to the surface of the runway.