C172 student pilot reported strong surface wind on landing that resulted in a runway excursion.

Attributes
ACN	1676666
Time
Date	201908
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
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 45 Flight Crew Type 45
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

I was flying solo cross-country and when coming in to land on runway xxl at ZZZ; winds were 060 at 6 knots; but gusting 16 knots. Came in to land; controlled safe landing up until just before the wheels touched down; where I was blown off to the left of the runway. I pulled up on the yoke as to not catch the front gear in the tall grass and then turned to the right and braked on the side/access road to the left of the runway (to the right of a nearby pond). In terms of human factors; I should have gone around and waited for the winds to die down before making an approach; knowing the winds had the potential to gust up to 16 knots.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 Student Pilot reported strong surface wind on landing that resulted in a runway excursion.

Narrative: I was flying solo cross-country and when coming in to land on Runway XXL at ZZZ; winds were 060 at 6 knots; but gusting 16 knots. Came in to land; controlled safe landing up until just before the wheels touched down; where I was blown off to the left of the runway. I pulled up on the yoke as to not catch the front gear in the tall grass and then turned to the right and braked on the side/access road to the left of the runway (to the right of a nearby pond). In terms of human factors; I should have gone around and waited for the winds to die down before making an approach; knowing the winds had the potential to gust up to 16 knots.

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