Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25; Flight Crew Total 4000; Flight Crew Type 100
Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors; Weather
After solo student landed a crosswind gust caused him to swerve airplane off runway onto the grass. [He] bumped a light with wheel pant then veered back onto the runway under control. Student was then instructed to keep applying aileron into the gusty crosswinds after landing.
C172 Instructor Pilot reported his solo student lost directional control in a crosswind landing and veered off the runway.