C172 pilot reports losing directional control and departing the runway after landing.

Attributes
ACN	1261812
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 170 Flight Crew Type 50
Events
Anomaly	Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

Lost directional control after touchdown. Came to rest 200+ feet left of runway at a 70 degree angle. What could have helped was an early go around when the approach was not stable. Also reducing power to idle after touchdown and more rudder/brake inputs would have helped.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reports losing directional control and departing the runway after landing.

Narrative: Lost directional control after touchdown. Came to rest 200+ feet left of runway at a 70 degree angle. What could have helped was an early go around when the approach was not stable. Also reducing power to idle after touchdown and more rudder/brake inputs would have helped.

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.