A C170 pilot landed with gusty shifting winds; quartering tail to direct cross; and departed the run...

Attributes
ACN	896952
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 170
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14 Flight Crew Total 900 Flight Crew Type 800
Events
Anomaly	Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

Landing on runway 25 with winds at 12 KTS with gusts to 20 KTS. One runway was closed for landing and another runway closed for repairs. Wind from 110 to 190. Set up for landing and was hit with a large gust of wind that blew the aircraft right of centerline. Corrected to the left but touched down with left tire first. Aircraft turned to the left hard. The plane turned into the grassy area between runway 25 and taxiway north; between taxiway J and H. Stopped in the grass and taxied to taxiway H. Contacted tower and got permission to taxi across runway 25 and to taxiway a and to parking. Aircraft did not ground loop. Aircraft suffered no damage. No one on the aircraft or on the ground was hurt. No airport equipment was damaged. If faced with this again; I will land on the gravel runway with the possible lower crosswind component and less tire grab conditions with gravel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C170 pilot landed with gusty shifting winds; quartering tail to direct cross; and departed the runway as a gust changed his direction of landing.

Narrative: Landing on Runway 25 with winds at 12 KTS with gusts to 20 KTS. One runway was closed for landing and another runway closed for repairs. Wind from 110 to 190. Set up for landing and was hit with a large gust of wind that blew the aircraft right of centerline. Corrected to the left but touched down with left tire first. Aircraft turned to the left hard. The plane turned into the grassy area between Runway 25 and Taxiway N; between Taxiway J and H. Stopped in the grass and taxied to Taxiway H. Contacted Tower and got permission to taxi across Runway 25 and to Taxiway A and to parking. Aircraft did not ground loop. Aircraft suffered no damage. No one on the aircraft or on the ground was hurt. No airport equipment was damaged. If faced with this again; I will land on the gravel runway with the possible lower crosswind component and less tire grab conditions with gravel.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.