M20 pilot reported landing in a strong crosswind then being picked up by a gust and deposited six feet to the right which caused the gear to collapse.

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Attributes
ACN	1305416
Time
Date	201510
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Component
Aircraft Component	Main Gear
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 297 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Ground Incursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Upon landing; strong gust went from 220 to 180 direct crosswind at 22 knots. After landing on roll out wind picked up airplane about 1 foot and moved it to right about 6 feet. Upon set down right gear collapsed causing other gear to retract and airplane slid down runway then off runway and over a runway light. Aircraft sustained skin damage and prop strike.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: M20 pilot reported landing in a strong crosswind then being picked up by a gust and deposited six feet to the right which caused the gear to collapse.

Narrative: Upon landing; strong gust went from 220 to 180 direct crosswind at 22 knots. After landing on roll out wind picked up airplane about 1 foot and moved it to right about 6 feet. Upon set down right gear collapsed causing other gear to retract and airplane slid down runway then off runway and over a runway light. Aircraft sustained skin damage and prop strike.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.