C172 pilot encountered a crosswind gust that he was unable to control. The aircraft went off the runway and hit a light pole on go around.

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Attributes
ACN	603989
Time
Date	200401
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Turbulence Windshear
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : go around landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 350 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	603989
Events
Anomaly	excursion : runway ground encounters other inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : executed go around
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After touchdown, on rollout, the plane encountered severe wind gust (crosswind) unable to be compensated for with control surfaces, even though proper corrective action was taken, the wind blew the airplane off the runway resulting in a go around. The aircraft was unable to climb fast enough to avoid hitting a light post. Light posts near airport could be lowered to avoid similar incident. Runway width and down-slope also contributed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 PLT ENCOUNTERED A XWIND GUST THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO CTL. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWY AND HIT A LIGHT POLE ON GAR.

Narrative: AFTER TOUCHDOWN, ON ROLLOUT, THE PLANE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WIND GUST (XWIND) UNABLE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR WITH CTL SURFACES, EVEN THOUGH PROPER CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN, THE WIND BLEW THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RWY RESULTING IN A GAR. THE ACFT WAS UNABLE TO CLB FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID HITTING A LIGHT POST. LIGHT POSTS NEAR ARPT COULD BE LOWERED TO AVOID SIMILAR INCIDENT. RWY WIDTH AND DOWN-SLOPE ALSO CONTRIBUTED.

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.