Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 6; Flight Crew Total 456; Flight Crew Type 10
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
Landing; [Runway] 34 to the north. Landed a little hard. When that happened my left control stick switch top popped off which let my hand come off the control stick; this took me by surprise and I started to run off the asphalt runway into the grass between the runway and the taxiway. I took control and reentered the runway and continued to my home/hangar without incident. No damage to the airport/airplane was done.
Private pilot reported a brief runway excursion following a hard landing.