M-7
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90; Flight Crew Total 9600; Flight Crew Type 12
Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Human Factors; Weather
The flight was the 5th and final leg of a 2 day; 11.6 hour ferry mission to deliver a Maule MX-7 to ZZZ1.  The first 4 legs were uneventful; and included an overnight stay in ZZZ2 after the third leg.  On XX Aug I departed ZZZ2; flew 2.8 hours to ZZZ for fuel and weather check; then the incident leg was a 2.5 hour leg from ZZZ to ZZZ1. The incident flight departed ZZZ at XA55 and was flown mostly at 3;500 feet; with some parts down to 1;000 AGL in order to remain VFR and skirt numerous rain showers and low clouds.  I arrived at ZZZ1 with a ceiling of approx. 2;500 feet; 10 miles visibility; winds I judged by the windsock to be 320 12G18 (there is no ASOS or METAR for reporting winds; and the Unicom was unmanned; no other planes in the pattern or on the ground the whole time I was there).  There is one open Runway; XX/XY. I entered a left downwind for Runway XY and carefully assessed the winds and field condition.  It had recently rained; the runway was slightly wet and drying fast due to the wind.  On final I assessed enough aileron and rudder control to safely stay lined up with there runway and land.  I attempted a wheel landing with full flaps; landing on the upwind (left wheel) only at first; then lowering the right wheel to the runway and keeping the tail up; for maximum directional control.  A few seconds after touchdown; a strong gust lifted the left wing up and I was unable to lower it; even with full aileron deflection and rudder.  The plane was curving to the right headed for the edge of the runway so I applied full power for a go-around.  I got airborne just after departing the runway into the short grass; climbed out; and checked out the controls of the plane.  It was flying fine; and I could see no damage from the cockpit.  I was unsure whether the right wingtip had scraped the ground or not.  I saw a closed runway; with yellow X's on it; that was lined up almost directly into the wind; and the surface condition looked good- solid concrete with some short grass growing in cracks.  I landed uneventfully on this runway and taxied to the chocks.  The new owner of the plane and his wife both witnessed the incident and are the only witnesses. Post flight inspection revealed a scraped and slightly broken fiberglass wingtip on the right wing; plus a 5' long scrape on the underside of the right aileron.  There was a small dent in the leading edge of the right horizontal stab; later determined to be caused by striking a runway edge light during the go around. The frangible light broke off at the ground as it is designed to do. This is the extent of the damage to the airplane; no injuries.  I determined this to be a landing incident versus an accident; thus no notification of the NTSB is required.
Maule MX-7 pilot reported a loss of aircraft control occurred during landing.