Narrative:

I was coming back on my first solo cross-country and I entered the pattern on a mid-field crosswind. I extended my downwind for a helicopter approximately three miles. I turned base and final and I was a slightly high so I pulled out power to descend and maintained 70 knots on final. As I came over the runway; I started to round out my landing. I heard the stall horn as I flared and I touched down. After my initial touchdown I let out some of my crosswind correction and bounced. When I bounced; the cross wind pushed me to the left and I went into the grass. I hit a light with the left landing gear strut and continued until I came to a complete stop on taxiway a. I believe that the cause was due to me letting out my crosswind correction too soon and in the future I will do remedial training with my instructor over crosswind operations including taxi; takeoff and landing to prevent this incident from happening again.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Student Pilot reported a runway excursion following a crosswind landing.

Narrative: I was coming back on my first solo cross-country and I entered the pattern on a mid-field crosswind. I extended my downwind for a helicopter approximately three miles. I turned base and final and I was a slightly high so I pulled out power to descend and maintained 70 knots on final. As I came over the runway; I started to round out my landing. I heard the stall horn as I flared and I touched down. After my initial touchdown I let out some of my crosswind correction and bounced. When I bounced; the cross wind pushed me to the left and I went into the grass. I hit a light with the left landing gear strut and continued until I came to a complete stop on Taxiway A. I believe that the cause was due to me letting out my crosswind correction too soon and in the future I will do remedial training with my instructor over crosswind operations including taxi; takeoff and landing to prevent this incident from happening again.

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.