Small aircraft making crosswind landing has loss of aircraft control, hits runway light.

Attributes
ACN	280609
Time
Date	199408
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 375 flight time type : 1
ASRS Report	280609
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter other other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During crosswind landing, aircraft touched down on centerline, bounced and skipped severely to the right, breaking a runway landing light before coming to a complete stop on the grass surface next to the runway. Due to a strong crosswind (90 degrees to the landing runway) and failure to add additional left aileron into the wind once the aircraft bounces may have caused the aircraft to drift severely to the right off the runway. I feel more practice in performing crosswind lndgs is the best way of correcting or preventing a situation like this from reoccurring.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA MAKING XWIND LNDG HAS LOSS OF ACFT CTL, HITS RWY LIGHT.

Narrative: DURING XWIND LNDG, ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON CTRLINE, BOUNCED AND SKIPPED SEVERELY TO THE R, BREAKING A RWY LNDG LIGHT BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE GRASS SURFACE NEXT TO THE RWY. DUE TO A STRONG XWIND (90 DEGS TO THE LNDG RWY) AND FAILURE TO ADD ADDITIONAL L AILERON INTO THE WIND ONCE THE ACFT BOUNCES MAY HAVE CAUSED THE ACFT TO DRIFT SEVERELY TO THE R OFF THE RWY. I FEEL MORE PRACTICE IN PERFORMING XWIND LNDGS IS THE BEST WAY OF CORRECTING OR PREVENTING A SIT LIKE THIS FROM REOCCURRING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.