Student pilot and instructor reported the aircraft exited the runway into the grass due to crosswind...

Attributes
ACN	1624716
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 38 Flight Crew Total 38 Flight Crew Type 38
Person 2
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 1150 Flight Crew Type 250
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

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.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Student pilot and instructor reported the aircraft exited the runway into the grass due to crosswind.

Narrative: 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.

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.