Piper PA28 pilot has a runway excursion during landing.

Attributes
ACN	717809
Time
Date	200611
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
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 7 flight time total : 94 flight time type : 94
ASRS Report	717809
Events
Anomaly	excursion : runway non adherence : far other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : executed go around flight crew : regained aircraft control
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

On initial landing roll; crosswind gust pushed aircraft to the left off runway into adjacent flat-bottomed retention area. A ground loop looked likely. Aircraft was still at approximately 60 KTS in the grass and heading towards a taxiway culvert pipe; parked aircraft and structures beyond. Directional control and braking in the grass was difficult. It looked as though there was not enough distance for a complete stop without damage. Applied full throttle; lowered a wing and got the nose pointed back to the right away from obstructions. Proceeded with a soft field style takeoff getting into ground effect quickly by the next taxiway. Made a radio call that I had just departed the runway and was going to extend my upwind to recover fully. Remained in a wide pattern until calm then headed back to ZZZ. Alerted ZZZ tower of situation and requested a flyby to have them check the landing gear/tires even though roll in grass area was smooth. They advised everything looked good. Landed uneventfully and reported incident to ZZZ pilots. After thinking about the events realized the ailerons were neutral once the mains had touched; and should still have been putting the right wing into the wind. Ensuing crosswind gust was sufficient to lift the wing and start the yaw to the left.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PIPER PA28 PLT HAS A RWY EXCURSION DURING LNDG.

Narrative: ON INITIAL LNDG ROLL; XWIND GUST PUSHED ACFT TO THE L OFF RWY INTO ADJACENT FLAT-BOTTOMED RETENTION AREA. A GND LOOP LOOKED LIKELY. ACFT WAS STILL AT APPROX 60 KTS IN THE GRASS AND HEADING TOWARDS A TXWY CULVERT PIPE; PARKED ACFT AND STRUCTURES BEYOND. DIRECTIONAL CTL AND BRAKING IN THE GRASS WAS DIFFICULT. IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH DISTANCE FOR A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT DAMAGE. APPLIED FULL THROTTLE; LOWERED A WING AND GOT THE NOSE POINTED BACK TO THE R AWAY FROM OBSTRUCTIONS. PROCEEDED WITH A SOFT FIELD STYLE TKOF GETTING INTO GND EFFECT QUICKLY BY THE NEXT TXWY. MADE A RADIO CALL THAT I HAD JUST DEPARTED THE RWY AND WAS GOING TO EXTEND MY UPWIND TO RECOVER FULLY. REMAINED IN A WIDE PATTERN UNTIL CALM THEN HEADED BACK TO ZZZ. ALERTED ZZZ TWR OF SITUATION AND REQUESTED A FLYBY TO HAVE THEM CHK THE LNDG GEAR/TIRES EVEN THOUGH ROLL IN GRASS AREA WAS SMOOTH. THEY ADVISED EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND RPTED INCIDENT TO ZZZ PLTS. AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE EVENTS REALIZED THE AILERONS WERE NEUTRAL ONCE THE MAINS HAD TOUCHED; AND SHOULD STILL HAVE BEEN PUTTING THE R WING INTO THE WIND. ENSUING XWIND GUST WAS SUFFICIENT TO LIFT THE WING AND START THE YAW TO THE L.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.