Flight Crew Student
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 38; Flight Crew Total 38; Flight Crew Type 38
Situational Awareness; Distraction
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Airport; Human Factors; Weather
I was coming back from the third leg of my solo cross-country. I was in the left traffic pattern. All the way down on final I was correcting for the crosswind to land straight in. However; once I landed there was a sudden strong gust and the airplane started turning to the left and I could not correct without upsetting the airplane. I ran into the grass on the left side of the runway near a taxiway and shut down the engine. I informed the tower and they sent out help. Flaps were set at 20 degrees for the approach to maintain better roll control.
Student failed to correct for crosswind gust on roll out from landing. Resulted in airplane exiting the runway into the grass.
Student pilot and instructor reported the aircraft exited the runway into the grass due to crosswind.