Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16; Flight Crew Total 328; Flight Crew Type 304
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence; Ground Excursion Runway
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; General Maintenance Action; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Procedure; Weather
During an initial flight lesson with a student; I was landing on Runway XX with a slight crosswind. Upon touching down; right at the point of adding brake pressure; a gust of wind picked up the left wing. The wind also caused us to drift aggressively to the right of the center line and pointed the nose off of the runway. I felt that I did not have enough energy to go-around; but also felt the aircraft was moving too fast for an aggressive left rudder input. I decided that the best option was to apply maximum braking in hopes of stopping before reaching the runway edge. Unfortunately; I was unable to stop the airplane before it struck a runway edge light and rolled approximately 10 ft. off of the asphalt. The aircraft nor anyone on board received any damages or injuries. Upon reflection of the event; I suspect that my failure to apply full opposite aileron for proper crosswind correction once touched down may have been a leading factor. If I had made that input; the initial uplifting left wing may not have occurred; which would have kept the aircraft pointed in the right direction. I do not regret my judgement in solving the problem after it had occurred. I believe that an attempt to go around would have caused us to strike multiple objects off the side of the runway; and an attempt to steer back towards center line could have causes the aircraft to skid/flip.
Instructor reported winds pushed aircraft off of center line during landing and caused aircraft to run off the runway and strike a runway light.