<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1461625, June 2017

C172 pilot reported a loss of control after landing due to crosswinds that resulted in contacting runway lights and a runway excursion.

Attributes
ACN	1461625
Time
Date	201706
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
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
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 280 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

As I was coming in to land; there was a thunderstorm reported in the vicinity of the airport. There was pick gust of 20 knots reported at 090 degree. I managed to put the plane on the runway but the wind kept pushing me to the left of the runway and ended up in the grass field where I knocked off a couple of runway lights.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported a loss of control after landing due to crosswinds that resulted in contacting runway lights and a runway excursion.

Narrative: As I was coming in to land; there was a thunderstorm reported in the vicinity of the airport. There was pick gust of 20 knots reported at 090 degree. I managed to put the plane on the runway but the wind kept pushing me to the left of the runway and ended up in the grass field where I knocked off a couple of runway lights.

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.