A C172 pilot lost control of the aircraft during landing and ran off the runway. No damage resulted.

Attributes
ACN	847522
Time
Date	200908
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	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 39 Flight Crew Total 54 Flight Crew Type 54
Events
Anomaly	Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

While on final approach I put in ten degrees of flaps which in turn caused the aircraft to balloon. Still; I decided to salvage the landing; and did so. I then approached ground effect; started to flare and touched down; but was a bit too fast on ground. I immediately slammed the brakes which caused the plane to skid on the runway. This then caused the aircraft to veer into the grass and come back onto the runway; where it promptly came to a full stop. I proceeded to taxi to park and was on my way. There was no damage to the aircraft or to any equipment at the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 pilot lost control of the aircraft during landing and ran off the runway. No damage resulted.

Narrative: While on final approach I put in ten degrees of flaps which in turn caused the aircraft to balloon. Still; I decided to salvage the landing; and did so. I then approached ground effect; started to flare and touched down; but was a bit too fast on ground. I immediately slammed the brakes which caused the plane to skid on the runway. This then caused the aircraft to veer into the grass and come back onto the runway; where it promptly came to a full stop. I proceeded to taxi to park and was on my way. There was no damage to the aircraft or to any equipment at the airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.