Cessna 172 pilot reported losing directional control after landing and hitting a taxiway sign.

Narrative:

In fxe I was cleared to land runway 9; ATIS information reported wind from 110 degrees at 13 knots but during the approach the wind was pushing the airplane to the left of the runway centerline. A wind check was asked and tower reported that the wind was now coming from 140 degree; then a side slip was done to correct from the wind. The approach speed was faster than the established and the landing flare was made too soon which result in hard landing and high- speed taxiing. With the wind hitting the airplane from the right; I apply right rudder to remain in the centerline while waiting to slowdown the airplane and exit in the nearest taxiway. Clearly I used excessive rudder considering that the airplane was rolling faster than normal and that resulted in skidding to the right of the runway. There was an attempt of mine and my safety pilot to stop it but failed and the aircraft end up hitting a runway taxiway sign. This incident could have been avoided if I; as pilot in command; had decided to go around in the proper time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna 172 pilot reported losing directional control after landing and hitting a taxiway sign.

Narrative: In FXE I was cleared to land Runway 9; ATIS information reported wind from 110 degrees at 13 knots but during the approach the wind was pushing the airplane to the left of the runway centerline. A wind check was asked and tower reported that the wind was now coming from 140 degree; then a side slip was done to correct from the wind. The approach speed was faster than the established and the landing flare was made too soon which result in hard landing and high- speed taxiing. With the wind hitting the airplane from the right; I apply right rudder to remain in the centerline while waiting to slowdown the airplane and exit in the nearest taxiway. Clearly I used excessive rudder considering that the airplane was rolling faster than normal and that resulted in skidding to the right of the runway. There was an attempt of mine and my safety pilot to stop it but failed and the aircraft end up hitting a runway taxiway sign. This incident could have been avoided if I; as pilot in command; had decided to go around in the proper time.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1276092
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FXE.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 39 Flight Crew Total 151 Flight Crew Type 53
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway