Student pilot landing procedure landing overshot. Runway excursion.

Attributes
ACN	359252
Time
Date	199701
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 37ca
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 100 flight time type : 5
ASRS Report	359252
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other anomaly other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Having too high of an airspeed during landing and not electing to go around caused the incident. The aircraft touched down on the last 1/2 of the runway. It could not be stopped in time, went off the side of the taxiway, while trying to turn, and hit a runway strobe light. There would have been no damage if the light was placed farther away from the runway, since the aircraft only went a few ft into the dirt before returning to the taxiway. If I had gone around instead of trying to land at that high of an airspeed, this would not have happened.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STUDENT PLT LNDG PROC LNDG OVERSHOT. RWY EXCURSION.

Narrative: HAVING TOO HIGH OF AN AIRSPD DURING LNDG AND NOT ELECTING TO GO AROUND CAUSED THE INCIDENT. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LAST 1/2 OF THE RWY. IT COULD NOT BE STOPPED IN TIME, WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE TXWY, WHILE TRYING TO TURN, AND HIT A RWY STROBE LIGHT. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO DAMAGE IF THE LIGHT WAS PLACED FARTHER AWAY FROM THE RWY, SINCE THE ACFT ONLY WENT A FEW FT INTO THE DIRT BEFORE RETURNING TO THE TXWY. IF I HAD GONE AROUND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO LAND AT THAT HIGH OF AN AIRSPD, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

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.