Narrative:

I was approaching runway xx for a full stop landing to finish my solo cross country from ZZZ to ZZZ1; a required step towards obtaining my private pilot's license. At ZZZ1; I had a decent landing. The airplane handled fine; and I taxied back to the runway and took of again to head direct to ZZZ. I entered a right base for runway xx at ZZZ after reporting 3 mi out from the field. I had already obtained the ATIS and checked my fuel selector valve; fuel shutoff; adjusted the trim slightly; made sure the mixture was rich; and did a brief scan of my instruments. I also turned on my landing and taxi lights (beacon and strobe were already on). As I turned final; I looked at the windsock and it appeared to be almost aligned with the runway; but with a slight left crosswind. As I was descending; the airplane felt like I needed to keep in a lot of right rudder in order to keep it aligned with the runway. I applied crosswind correction with the ailerons and had a slightly high approach (the PAPI's initially were 3 white and 1 red; but I was able to correct for GS and for the majority of the approach had 2 white and 2 red lights). My speed was 75 KTS. As I passed over the numbers; I pulled the power back to idle. I got into ground effect and floated about 50-200 ft past the numbers. The touchdown was good (I needed to apply a little power to keep it from touching down hard); but within 2 seconds of touching down; the airplane immediately began to turn to the right and head toward the side of the runway. I felt like I was going too fast; but this could have been because I was looking more out of the side of the airplane to see if I was going to go off the runway; so I pulled the elevator full back; releasing my crosswind correction at this time. This did not seem to be slowing me down; so I applied some left brake and almost immediately after applying left brake; I also applied full left rudder. (The left brake seemed unresponsive.) I still was heading off to the right side of the runway. I then neutralized the rudder and applied heavy braking with both brakes. I then slid off the runway about 10 ft past taxiway H. Tower asked if I could make taxiway H (I do not think he saw me run off the runway) and I told him that I passed the taxiway and was in the grass between the runway and taxiway. He asked if I could taxi back to the ramp. I attempted to do so; but the airplane would not move. Tower told me to power down; which I did; and airport operations arrived within about 5 mins. They told me that there was nothing I could do; after looking at the wear on the tires. The right tire was blown which caused me to veer to the right.

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Title: STUDENT PLT ABOARD C172 HAS RWY EXCURSION AFTER LNDG. FLAT RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED.

Narrative: I WAS APCHING RWY XX FOR A FULL STOP LNDG TO FINISH MY SOLO XCOUNTRY FROM ZZZ TO ZZZ1; A REQUIRED STEP TOWARDS OBTAINING MY PVT PLT'S LICENSE. AT ZZZ1; I HAD A DECENT LNDG. THE AIRPLANE HANDLED FINE; AND I TAXIED BACK TO THE RWY AND TOOK OF AGAIN TO HEAD DIRECT TO ZZZ. I ENTERED A R BASE FOR RWY XX AT ZZZ AFTER RPTING 3 MI OUT FROM THE FIELD. I HAD ALREADY OBTAINED THE ATIS AND CHKED MY FUEL SELECTOR VALVE; FUEL SHUTOFF; ADJUSTED THE TRIM SLIGHTLY; MADE SURE THE MIXTURE WAS RICH; AND DID A BRIEF SCAN OF MY INSTS. I ALSO TURNED ON MY LNDG AND TAXI LIGHTS (BEACON AND STROBE WERE ALREADY ON). AS I TURNED FINAL; I LOOKED AT THE WINDSOCK AND IT APPEARED TO BE ALMOST ALIGNED WITH THE RWY; BUT WITH A SLIGHT L XWIND. AS I WAS DSNDING; THE AIRPLANE FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO KEEP IN A LOT OF R RUDDER IN ORDER TO KEEP IT ALIGNED WITH THE RWY. I APPLIED XWIND CORRECTION WITH THE AILERONS AND HAD A SLIGHTLY HIGH APCH (THE PAPI'S INITIALLY WERE 3 WHITE AND 1 RED; BUT I WAS ABLE TO CORRECT FOR GS AND FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE APCH HAD 2 WHITE AND 2 RED LIGHTS). MY SPD WAS 75 KTS. AS I PASSED OVER THE NUMBERS; I PULLED THE PWR BACK TO IDLE. I GOT INTO GND EFFECT AND FLOATED ABOUT 50-200 FT PAST THE NUMBERS. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS GOOD (I NEEDED TO APPLY A LITTLE PWR TO KEEP IT FROM TOUCHING DOWN HARD); BUT WITHIN 2 SECONDS OF TOUCHING DOWN; THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO TURN TO THE R AND HEAD TOWARD THE SIDE OF THE RWY. I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TOO FAST; BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING MORE OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE TO SEE IF I WAS GOING TO GO OFF THE RWY; SO I PULLED THE ELEVATOR FULL BACK; RELEASING MY XWIND CORRECTION AT THIS TIME. THIS DID NOT SEEM TO BE SLOWING ME DOWN; SO I APPLIED SOME L BRAKE AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPLYING L BRAKE; I ALSO APPLIED FULL L RUDDER. (THE L BRAKE SEEMED UNRESPONSIVE.) I STILL WAS HEADING OFF TO THE R SIDE OF THE RWY. I THEN NEUTRALIZED THE RUDDER AND APPLIED HVY BRAKING WITH BOTH BRAKES. I THEN SLID OFF THE RWY ABOUT 10 FT PAST TXWY H. TWR ASKED IF I COULD MAKE TXWY H (I DO NOT THINK HE SAW ME RUN OFF THE RWY) AND I TOLD HIM THAT I PASSED THE TXWY AND WAS IN THE GRASS BTWN THE RWY AND TXWY. HE ASKED IF I COULD TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. I ATTEMPTED TO DO SO; BUT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT MOVE. TWR TOLD ME TO POWER DOWN; WHICH I DID; AND ARPT OPS ARRIVED WITHIN ABOUT 5 MINS. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO; AFTER LOOKING AT THE WEAR ON THE TIRES. THE R TIRE WAS BLOWN WHICH CAUSED ME TO VEER TO THE R.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.