Cheetah; Tiger; Traveler AA5 Series
Flight Crew Student
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15; Flight Crew Total 15; Flight Crew Type 15
Training / Qualification
Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Weather; Human Factors
I was going to start that day practicing with some Touch and Go's then maneuvers. On my first attempt to land I was coming in for [landing] there was a light crosswind as provided by the AWOS. When flaring I slightly ballooned the plane and decided to do a Go around. On second attempt wind was at 6kts from 230. When on final for second attempt I lined up on centerline and proceeded toward my aiming point on the runway. I flared the plane and at the same time it started to drift to the right side of the runway. I then attempted to correct the drift but touched down at an angle and the plane headed to left edge of the runway. At this time I made the decision to attempt to get the plane between the runway lights as I did not feel that I could get it to stay on the runway safely. As I rolled through the space between the lights my left flap struck one of the light causing damage to the flap and some of the internal components. No damage to light.
Student pilot reported the loss of directional control on landing resulting in runway excursion and striking runway edge light.