A student pilot aboard a C-150 was unable to remain on the runway surface when landing in a crosswin...

Attributes
ACN	1005976
Time
Date	201204
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 152
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Heavy Transport Low Wing 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 27 Flight Crew Total 27 Flight Crew Type 27
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Object

Narrative:

On final approach there was a crosswind from 180 degrees on runway 15. I was on the glide slope and the centerline. Once I crossed the threshold I was blown off centerline; so I applied power and shifted back to the centerline. I tried touching down again; but was blown to the left of the runway again; so I applied power again and centered myself over the centerline. When I touched down I was again blown off the centerline and rolled off the runway striking and breaking a runway edge light. The fire department came out we pushed the plane onto taxiway lima from where I taxied back to general aviation. No damage was apparent on the plane. I think a factor that influenced this was on my base to final turn; I noticed a heavy plane on final as well. He was also cleared for landing following me and said he was on a 6 mile approach. He then said he couldn't see the traffic on final; which was me. He was instructed to go around and I think not knowing whether he was landing or going around put pressure on me because I felt that I couldn't go around. He was told to go around on my second attempt to land the plane. The major factor in the incident was my not being able to handle the cross winds.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A student pilot aboard a C-150 was unable to remain on the runway surface when landing in a crosswind. He struck and broke a runway edge light; but did no apparent damage to the aircraft. Concern about a Heavy Jet going around behind him contributed to reporter's decision not to go around when his loss of control might otherwise have caused him to do so.

Narrative: On final approach there was a crosswind from 180 degrees on Runway 15. I was on the glide slope and the centerline. Once I crossed the threshold I was blown off centerline; so I applied power and shifted back to the centerline. I tried touching down again; but was blown to the left of the runway again; so I applied power again and centered myself over the centerline. When I touched down I was again blown off the centerline and rolled off the runway striking and breaking a runway edge light. The Fire Department came out we pushed the plane onto Taxiway Lima from where I taxied back to general aviation. No damage was apparent on the plane. I think a factor that influenced this was on my base to final turn; I noticed a heavy plane on final as well. He was also cleared for landing following me and said he was on a 6 mile approach. He then said he couldn't see the traffic on final; which was me. He was instructed to go around and I think not knowing whether he was landing or going around put pressure on me because I felt that I couldn't go around. He was told to go around on my second attempt to land the plane. The major factor in the incident was my not being able to handle the cross winds.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.