Flight Crew Student
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31; Flight Crew Total 31; Flight Crew Type 31
Time Pressure; Workload
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Human Factors
While coming in to land in the C172; a strong right crosswind had developed; causing me to put in a crosswind correction with the left rudder. As I was coming in to land at ZZZ; approximately 20 ft. off of the ground a gust had occurred; causing me to put in even more crosswind correction. The rear two wheels touched down with no issue; and then the nose wheel touched down with some left rudder correction still in place; causing the nose of the plane to veer left on the runway at 65 kt. Not wanting to overcorrect the plane and cause damage to self; plane; or surrounding structures; I took the opportunity to safely guide the plane into the grass to the left of the runway.
C172 pilot reported a runway excursion during a crosswind landing in order to avoid injury and property damage.