Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 13.6; Flight Crew Total 237; Flight Crew Type 103
Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Weather; Human Factors
Landed at home airport with 7 knot crosswind. Was down and as I reached to raise the flaps up a gust of wind lifted the plane. As I was raising flaps I had also added aileron which caused the airplane to yaw/turn into the wind; by the time I had recovered I was off runway and hit [a] runway light. I didn't anticipate the wind being blocked by buildings and amount of crosswind that I would experience between and beyond buildings. In hitting the runway light a small amount of the left landing leg [fairing] was [wrinkled] just above step on gear leg. I didn't see any other damage to plane. I inspected the [broken] landing light and reviewed the surface of the runway for debris without walking onto surface and watching for traffic. Didn't see any on the runway. Wind was 270 at 7-9 knots. Landing on runway 36. 30 degrees flaps 65-70 knot landing speed for crosswind.
C172 pilot reported a loss of directional control after landing in a light crosswind.