C172 student pilot reported a loss of control and runway excursion during crosswind landing.

Narrative:

While conducting a solo crosswind landing as a student pilot; I entered into ground effect. I corrected the left to right drift with left aileron and applied right rudder to line up on centerline before touch down. When I flared; the aircraft touched down then ballooned. The aircraft yawed to the left and headed toward the grass to the left of the runway. I attempted to add power to perform a go-around to avoid cross loading the landing gear. As I added power; I felt the aircraft sink; and I pulled power and landed in the left grass off the runway. I notified tower once I set down and slowed the aircraft to a safe taxi speed. I was asked if I required any assistance. I replied 'no;' taxied back on to the paved runway; and was cleared back to the flight school. I then notified my instructor and maintenance personnel and provided my information to the ATC. There was no damage to the aircraft; and my flight instructor recommended filing this report. I believe that when the aircraft ballooned; I released the right rudder input; causing the aircraft to yaw into the wind. When I noticed the sink and the potential cross load; I should have applied more right rudder and landed instead of adding power to attempt the go around with a heading left of the runway. ASOS reported winds 18009. ATC wind call when cleared for take-off was 19010.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 student pilot reported a loss of control and runway excursion during crosswind landing.

Narrative: While conducting a solo crosswind landing as a student pilot; I entered into ground effect. I corrected the left to right drift with left aileron and applied right rudder to line up on centerline before touch down. When I flared; the aircraft touched down then ballooned. The aircraft yawed to the left and headed toward the grass to the left of the runway. I attempted to add power to perform a go-around to avoid cross loading the landing gear. As I added power; I felt the aircraft sink; and I pulled power and landed in the left grass off the runway. I notified Tower once I set down and slowed the aircraft to a safe taxi speed. I was asked if I required any assistance. I replied 'no;' taxied back on to the paved runway; and was cleared back to the flight school. I then notified my instructor and maintenance personnel and provided my information to the ATC. There was no damage to the aircraft; and my flight instructor recommended filing this report. I believe that when the aircraft ballooned; I released the right rudder input; causing the aircraft to yaw into the wind. When I noticed the sink and the potential cross load; I should have applied more right rudder and landed instead of adding power to attempt the go around with a heading left of the runway. ASOS reported winds 18009. ATC wind call when cleared for take-off was 19010.

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	1573184
Time
Date	201808
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
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Component
Aircraft Component	Rudder Control System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 24 Flight Crew Total 24 Flight Crew Type 24
Events
Anomaly	Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control