Small Aircraft
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3.5; Flight Crew Total 65.6; Flight Crew Type 65.6
Human-Machine Interface; Workload
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Weather
At approximately; XA:15; I took off out of ZZZ in Aircraft X to fly north past [city]. I did not file a flight plan for this flight since I was only going to be taking off and landing at ZZZ. I was also the only person onboard the aircraft.Before taking off on this flight; I had checked the METAR at ZZZ on my Foreflight App which (as I recall) was calling for winds at 10 knots gusting up to 21 at the time. After flying for a little over an hour; I was approaching ZZZ airport from the north to perform a full stop landing. I had noticed that the visibility was reduced since I had departed ZZZ; however; it was still within VFR minimums. This reduced visibility was due to dust be stirred up from high winds. Upon radioing Tower to request landing; I was given instruction to head straight in for Runway XX. The Tower also notified me of strong crosswinds gusting up to 37 knots. I was prepared to encounter these winds from this warning. Coming in for landing; it was very apparent the crosswind gust were strong. However; I successfully brought aircraft down on the runway. Since the winds were quite strong; the aircraft did not require much of Runway XX's distance to slowdown and was at appropriate taxiing speeds before approaching taxiway. I then proceeded to turn the aircraft onto taxiway to taxi back to the hangar.While initiating the left turn; a 48 knot crosswind grabbed the aircraft from the right rear and lifted the tail resulting in the aircraft balancing on the left rear and front landing gear. During this; the prop struck the ground and the engine killed power. The left wing also contacted the ground. The aircraft continued to move forward balancing on two wheels and left wing appearing though as if it were about to flip over on its top side. However; the aircraft instead came back down and ended up spinning over 180 degrees counter clockwise and coming to rest in the gravel off of taxiway.Upon the aircraft coming to rest; I immediately held the breaks to try to keep the aircraft in place and radioed to Tower that I was unharmed and needed assistance with recovering the aircraft. Approximately 10 minutes later; airport personnel showed up to help recover the aircraft. The aircraft was hooked up to a tug to get it out of the gravel. Once the aircraft was out of the gravel; it remained on taxiway until after both airport personnel.The aircraft was then towed back to its hangar.
Small aircraft pilot reported loss of directional control during landing rollout due to high crosswind gust resulting in a ground contact.