A C172 PLT; ATTEMPTING A LNDG AT KELLY'S ISLAND; OH (89D); DEPARTED THE L SIDE OF THE RWY; COMING TO A STOP AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH SOME BUSHES.

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AT APPROX XA45Z; I RECEIVED A 'STANDARD BRIEFING' AND ALSO FILED AN 'IFR FLT PLAN' WITH THE AUTOMATED FSS BY TELEPHONE. WE DEPARTED HTS; VA; AT APPROX XB30Z. I WAS THE PLT AND MY WIFE WAS A PAX IN THE FRONT SEAT AND MY SON WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. I HAD FILED GPS DIRECT FROM HTS TO 89D (KELLEY'S ISLAND; OH). WE WERE CLRED TO FLY DIRECT TO 89D AND FLEW AT AN ALT OF 5000 FT MSL. THE WX WAS CLR FOR THE ENTIRE FLT AND VISIBILITY WAS EXCEPTIONAL. I WAS IN CONTACT WITH HUNTINGTON DEP; ZID; MANSFIELD APCH CTL AND ZOB DURING THIS FLT. APPROX 1/4 MI FROM OUR DEST (89D); I CANCELED MY IFR FLT PLAN. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT UNICOM AT 89D ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR A 'LNDG ADVISORY;' HOWEVER; THE ARPT WAS UNATTENDED AND THERE WAS NO REPLY. THE WINDS WERE GENERALLY FROM THE W; SO I DECIDED TO LAND ON RWY 27. I CALLED THE DOWNWIND; BASE AND FINAL ON UNICOM FOR TFC IN CASE ANY OTHER AIRPLANES WERE IN THE AREA. THE APCH WAS NORMAL AND I TOUCHED DOWN NOT FAR FROM THE END OF THE RWY NEAR THE CTRLINE AT APPROX 65 KTS. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN; THE PLANE LEFT THE GND AND TURNED TO THE L DUE TO THE WIND. I WAS ABLE TO TOUCH DOWN A SECOND TIME; STILL ON THE RWY; HOWEVER; THE PLANE WAS MOVING OFF OF THE ASPHALT RWY INTO THE GRASS ON THE L SIDE OF THE RWY. THE GRASS AREA TO THE L OF RWY 27 SLOPED TO THE L AND I FELT THAT MY SPD WAS TOO GREAT AND THE PLANE TOO UNSTABLE TO MAKE A SHARP TURN TO THE R BACK TOWARDS THE RWY. I LET THE AIRPLANE CONTINUE TO ROLL WITH SMALL CORRECTIONS TO THE R. HOWEVER; THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TOWARDS THE BUSHES AND A PORTION OF THE L WING ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE BUSHES WHICH CAUSED THE PLANE TO TURN AT A VERY SLOW RATE OF SPD INTO THE SAME AREA. THE FORCE AT IMPACT DID NOT EVEN PRODUCE A JOLT. I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE TO THE ACFT UNTIL THE ACFT WAS PUSHED BACK OUT OF THE BUSHES AND I NOTICED A DENT NEAR THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE L WING. THE NOSEWHEEL COVER WAS ALSO CRACKED SLIGHTLY. NO ONE WAS AROUND; SO WE PUSHED THE AIRPLANE BACK OUT OF THE BUSHES AND I STARTED THE PLANE AND TAXIED IT OVER TO THE RAMP AREA. THE WINDS WERE AT LEAST 10 KTS AND VERY VARIABLE WITH SLIGHT WINDSHEAR.