PA28 pilot reported landing in strong crosswinds resulted in a loss of control and runway excursion.

Narrative:

This was my first student pilot solo cross country flight. I checked weather this morning and everything appeared to be within my solo tolerances. The only concerning winds were at ZZZ; but were forecast to calm down by the time I would return. I then departed going to ZZZ1. Upon arriving at ZZZ1 there were stronger than anticipated crosswinds. I attempted landing twice and chose to go around both times. I decided to try once more and on the 3rd attempt didn't feel as strong a crosswind and decided to try and land the airplane. As I was touching down I felt a strong crosswind gust and I wasn't able to correct for it in time. Before I could power up to attempt to take off again I was turned sideways and attempted to correct with left rudder to straighten out. The airplane was skidding sideways and when it regained traction I was aimed towards the right side of the runway. I once again attempted to correct with rudder but over-corrected and proceeded to roll off the left side of the runway through the dirt and then came to a stop on the taxiway. The engine was still running and I was uninjured. I was able to taxi the plane over to self-service fuel where some fellow aviators helped me push the plane to the covered parking area. The only visible damage I could find was a gauge in the propeller.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA28 pilot reported landing in strong crosswinds resulted in a loss of control and runway excursion.

Narrative: This was my first student pilot solo cross country flight. I checked weather this morning and everything appeared to be within my solo tolerances. The only concerning winds were at ZZZ; but were forecast to calm down by the time I would return. I then departed going to ZZZ1. Upon arriving at ZZZ1 there were stronger than anticipated crosswinds. I attempted landing twice and chose to go around both times. I decided to try once more and on the 3rd attempt didn't feel as strong a crosswind and decided to try and land the airplane. As I was touching down I felt a strong crosswind gust and I wasn't able to correct for it in time. Before I could power up to attempt to take off again I was turned sideways and attempted to correct with left rudder to straighten out. The airplane was skidding sideways and when it regained traction I was aimed towards the right side of the runway. I once again attempted to correct with rudder but over-corrected and proceeded to roll off the left side of the runway through the dirt and then came to a stop on the taxiway. The engine was still running and I was uninjured. I was able to taxi the plane over to self-service fuel where some fellow aviators helped me push the plane to the covered parking area. The only visible damage I could find was a gauge in the propeller.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1574557
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 4 Flight Crew Total 59 Flight Crew Type 59
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence