C-172 single pilot reported a go-around on landing due momentary loss of directional control . The r...

Attributes
ACN	1737457
Time
Date	202003
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Object Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Pui (pilot under instruction) had gone for a cross country flight to ZZZ. As pui was approaching through arrival; pui was routed northbound and then cleared to land on runway xxc. As pui is approaching on final he felt the need to wind correct; as he touched down it seemed that the wind and left turning tendencys got him yawing to the left; causing a loss of directional control; having to go around. Unfortunately at the point of go around pui hit the runway edge light; leaving damage to the right gear strut.pui should have requested a different runway if he felt unconfortable; as well as should have gone around earlier. Pui as well felt a little windshear so he decided to go around even if it was a little late.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C-172 Single Pilot reported a go-around on landing due momentary loss of directional control . The right main landing gear struck a runway edge light in the process of the go-around.

Narrative: PUI (Pilot Under Instruction) had gone for a cross country flight to ZZZ. As PUI was approaching through arrival; PUI was routed northbound and then cleared to land on Runway XXC. As PUI is approaching on final he felt the need to wind correct; as he touched down it seemed that the wind and left turning tendencys got him yawing to the left; causing a loss of directional control; having to go around. Unfortunately at the point of go around PUI hit the runway edge light; leaving damage to the right gear strut.PUI should have requested a different runway if he felt unconfortable; as well as should have gone around earlier. PUI as well felt a little windshear so he decided to go around even if it was a little late.

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.

C-172 single pilot reported a go-around on landing due momentary loss of directional control . The right main landing gear struck a runway edge light in the process of the go-around.