C172 student pilot on solo flight reported a runway excursion after landing in light/moderate turbul...

Attributes
ACN	1708543
Time
Date	201912
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	Pilot Flying Single Pilot Trainee
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 15 Flight Crew Type 15
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Event / Encounter Object Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

I was on my second flight of the day. The first flight was dual with my instructor; and the second flight was solo. Following some maneuver work; I returned to the ZZZ pattern and completed 3 touch and go's with wind conditions reported by AWOS as light and variable. Just prior to my full stop landing; the wind was reported by AWOS as 060 at 4 knots. I experienced light/moderate turbulence on final and a right crosswind through my flare and touchdown. I touched down left of the center line; and felt the plane being pushed gradually to the left. I applied right rudder and was unable to keep the plane on the runway. I traveled off the runway; struck a runway marker light with the left gear leg; and came to a stop in the snow. Cosmetic damage only to the left gear leg; no additional damage.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 student pilot on solo flight reported a runway excursion after landing in light/moderate turbulence conditions.

Narrative: I was on my second flight of the day. The first flight was dual with my instructor; and the second flight was solo. Following some maneuver work; I returned to the ZZZ pattern and completed 3 touch and go's with wind conditions reported by AWOS as light and variable. Just prior to my full stop landing; the wind was reported by AWOS as 060 at 4 knots. I experienced light/moderate turbulence on final and a right crosswind through my flare and touchdown. I touched down left of the center line; and felt the plane being pushed gradually to the left. I applied right rudder and was unable to keep the plane on the runway. I traveled off the runway; struck a runway marker light with the left gear leg; and came to a stop in the snow. Cosmetic damage only to the left gear leg; no additional damage.

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.