Small aircraft swerves off runway during landing and propeller strikes a runway light.

Attributes
ACN	147270
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pmb
State Reference	ND
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 19 flight time total : 33 flight time type : 33
ASRS Report	147270
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Solo x-country flight from tvf to pmb. Upon landing, in the landing rollout the airplane suddenly swerved to the left. The speed I was traveling caused the aircraft to roll off the 50' runway and strike a runway light with the propeller. The impact produced a nick in the leading edge of the propeller and damaged the runway light. The runway grass alongside the runway is also used for landing. Due to an unfamiliarity with the airport and a strong wind gust during the landing rollout, I was unable to correct the landing roll due to the narrow runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA SWERVES OFF RWY DURING LNDG AND PROPELLER STRIKES A RWY LIGHT.

Narrative: SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT FROM TVF TO PMB. UPON LNDG, IN THE LNDG ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY SWERVED TO THE L. THE SPD I WAS TRAVELING CAUSED THE ACFT TO ROLL OFF THE 50' RWY AND STRIKE A RWY LIGHT WITH THE PROP. THE IMPACT PRODUCED A NICK IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PROP AND DAMAGED THE RWY LIGHT. THE RWY GRASS ALONGSIDE THE RWY IS ALSO USED FOR LNDG. DUE TO AN UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE ARPT AND A STRONG WIND GUST DURING THE LNDG ROLLOUT, I WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE LNDG ROLL DUE TO THE NARROW RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.