C172 pilot reported a ballooned landing and on the second touch down lost control of the aircraft; d...

Attributes
ACN	1458333
Time
Date	201706
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
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

I ballooned up approximately a few feet while landing after touch down. I tried to continue the landing by leveling off and letting airplane settling back down. After the second touch down I landed right of center-line and began to slide; resulting in the aircraft going off the runway into the grass. The prop struck a runway light. The aircraft came to a complete stop just past the runway light where I contacted tower and shut down the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported a ballooned landing and on the second touch down lost control of the aircraft; departing the runway and hitting a runway light.

Narrative: I ballooned up approximately a few feet while landing after touch down. I tried to continue the landing by leveling off and letting airplane settling back down. After the second touch down I landed right of center-line and began to slide; resulting in the aircraft going off the runway into the grass. The prop struck a runway light. The aircraft came to a complete stop just past the runway light where I contacted tower and shut down the aircraft.

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.