PA-28 student pilot reported a loss of control on landing that resulted in a runway excursion.

Narrative:

ATC directed me to turn left downwind for [the] runway. I added one notch of flaps when abeam on downwind as usual. I start slowing down and dropping the nose as usual. The second flap added once on left base for [the runway]. Traffic was ahead and landed. I am cleared for the touch and go. Turn final and last flap. Slow the plane down to normal landing speed. Establish the best glide slope. Plane touches ground a bit to the left of centerline but still not far enough to warrant a go-around. Begin flare. Plane slows down. Nose touches ground. Upon touching ground; apply a little right rudder to get to centerline; but plane seems to turn violently (likely due to braking action). Then; it starts to skid on the runway. Plane swerving towards to direction of being perpendicular to the actual runway. I retract flaps to try to gain better control of the plane but by the time I try to apply left rudder to straighten out the plane; plane runs off runway and into grass. I apply left rudder and slam on brakes to try to get the plane to stop. Plane comes to a full stop to the right of [the] runway. ATC calls to ask if I'm okay. I say that I am okay; plane seems to be okay and undamaged; and will commence engine shutdown. ATC responds with 'roger' and that they will send a firetruck to my site. I shut the plane down; call my instructor to let him know what happened; and exit the plane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-28 student pilot reported a loss of control on landing that resulted in a runway excursion.

Narrative: ATC directed me to turn left downwind for [the] runway. I added one notch of flaps when abeam on downwind as usual. I start slowing down and dropping the nose as usual. The second flap added once on left base for [the runway]. Traffic was ahead and landed. I am cleared for the touch and go. Turn final and last flap. Slow the plane down to normal landing speed. Establish the best glide slope. Plane touches ground a bit to the left of centerline but still not far enough to warrant a go-around. Begin flare. Plane slows down. Nose touches ground. Upon touching ground; apply a little right rudder to get to centerline; but plane seems to turn violently (likely due to braking action). Then; it starts to skid on the runway. Plane swerving towards to direction of being perpendicular to the actual runway. I retract flaps to try to gain better control of the plane but by the time I try to apply left rudder to straighten out the plane; plane runs off runway and into grass. I apply left rudder and slam on brakes to try to get the plane to stop. Plane comes to a full stop to the right of [the] runway. ATC calls to ask if I'm okay. I say that I am okay; plane seems to be okay and undamaged; and will commence engine shutdown. ATC responds with 'Roger' and that they will send a firetruck to my site. I shut the plane down; call my instructor to let him know what happened; and exit the plane.

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	1600875
Time
Date	201812
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	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Normal Brake System
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 19 Flight Crew Total 22 Flight Crew Type 22
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway