Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 500; Flight Crew Total 1600; Flight Crew Type 500
Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Procedure
I was flying in Aircraft X. I left ZZZ1; where the plane is hangared at; headed to ZZZ. I have friends that talk about landing on the sandbars on the river. I decided to check it out while I was that close. I flew for a while and found one that I thought was suitable to land on. I made several reconnaissance passes to find a landing zone. I found what I thought was suitable landing zone and started my approach. At about touchdown I noticed a sand dune (which turned out to be a shelf of sand) that was about 2 feet high. I decided to abort the landing right at touchdown. As I advanced the throttle the mains dug into the sand which slowed the plane down. I was able to become airborne again but didn't get high enough to clear the dune/shelf. The gear hit the new softer sand and slowed the plane down which brought the nose down into the sand. The plane tipped forward and left. The left-wing tip hit the ground and I had a prop strike. The left-wing tip is bent and the prop is rolled. There doesn't appear to be any further damage to the plane.
Pilot reported striking a sand dune when attempting to land on sand bars near the river; damaging the aircraft.