What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Student pilot was flying solo while conducting practice landings on runway 3R at prescott airport.
Winds were reported crossways to active runway (300 degrees @ 12 KTS) and were gusty. After landing, during roll out, the aircraft encountered a wind gust which caused the aircraft to weathervane. It drifted to the left side of the runway and got the main wheel off the runway. Aircraft came to a halt and the pilot took a moment to calm himself. Tower asked if he was ok or if he needed assistance. He indicated things were fine & the aircraft was ok. The tower cleared him to taxi off the runway. He applied power and taxied thru dirt to the taxiway ahead. Aircraft was able to taxi to ramp with no further incident.
Inspection of aircraft was conducted. There were no indications of damage to the aircraft.
The pilot did note that he had heard two other aircraft in the pattern go-around prior to his landing. Those pilots had made comments to the tower about the crosswind and a wind shear near the runway. They had requested a change of runway to rwy 30 to align better with the wind. According to this pilot the tower had responded by saying they were staying with rwy 3 as the active runway.
It should be noted: the tower immediately changed traffic pattern to rwy 30 for all other aircraft in the pattern after they cleared this aircraft from rwy 3.
No tower tapes were available at the time of this investigation to confirm the tower communications.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO WHILE CONDUCTING PRACTICE LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 3R AT PRESCOTT AIRPORT.
WINDS WERE REPORTED CROSSWAYS TO ACTIVE RUNWAY (300 DEGREES @ 12 KTS) AND WERE GUSTY. AFTER LANDING, DURING ROLL OUT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE. IT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND GOT THE MAIN WHEEL OFF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT AND THE PILOT TOOK A MOMENT TO CALM HIMSELF. TOWER ASKED IF HE WAS OK OR IF HE NEEDED ASSISTANCE. HE INDICATED THINGS WERE FINE & THE AIRCRAFT WAS OK. THE TOWER CLEARED HIM TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED POWER AND TAXIED THRU DIRT TO THE TAXIWAY AHEAD. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI TO RAMP WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.
INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
THE PILOT DID NOTE THAT HE HAD HEARD TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN GO-AROUND PRIOR TO HIS LANDING. THOSE PILOTS HAD MADE COMMENTS TO THE TOWER ABOUT THE CROSSWIND AND A WIND SHEAR NEAR THE RUNWAY. THEY HAD REQUESTED A CHANGE OF RUNWAY TO RWY 30 TO ALIGN BETTER WITH THE WIND. ACCORDING TO THIS PILOT THE TOWER HAD RESPONDED BY SAYING THEY WERE STAYING WITH RWY 3 AS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED: THE TOWER IMMEDIATELY CHANGED TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RWY 30 FOR ALL OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN AFTER THEY CLEARED THIS AIRCRAFT FROM RWY 3.
NO TOWER TAPES WERE AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS INVESTIGATION TO CONFIRM THE TOWER COMMUNICATIONS.