A C172 PILOT LANDING IN A CROSS WIND GROUND LOOPED THE ACFT; DAMAGING THE PROP AND A WINGTIP AS THE ACFT EXITED THE RWY.

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I CHKED METARS; NOTAMS; ETC AROUND XA00 AT ZZZ. SKY WAS CLR AT THE APPROPRIATE ALTS AND WINDS WERE AROUND 200 DEGS AT 10 KTS GUSTING 17 KTS. I HAD ABOUT 50 HRS PRIOR TO THIS FLT; WITH 16.3 HRS SOLO. I TALKED TO MY FLT INSTRUCTOR; AND TOLD HIM THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS WINDY; I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH THE FLT SINCE I HAD FLOWN IN XWINDS SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. WE CALCULATED THE XWINDS ON MY FLT CALCULATOR AS BEING WITHIN MY CAPABILITIES AND THE PLANE'S DEMONSTRATED CAPABILITIES. I TOOK OFF AT APPROX XA45. AFTER FLYING OUT OF THE PRACTICE AREA; I HEADED NW TO THE PRACTICE AREA. AT AROUND XB30; I GOT ATIS INFO AND PROCEEDED INBOUND FOR TOUCH AND GOES. WIND WAS REPORTED AT 200 DEGS AND 10 KTS IN SPD OR LESS. I PROCEEDED IN A R TFC PATTERN TO RWY XX FOR MY FIRST TOUCH AND GO. UPON THE FINAL LEG; I HAD A COMFORTABLE STRAIGHT IN APCH. I DID NOT CRAB. I FLEW WITH MY LONGITUDINAL AXIS STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE WITH L WING A LITTLE LOWER AND A LITTLE R RUDDER. IT DID NOT SEEM PARTICULARLY WINDY; SO I APCHED WITH 65 KTS (I DID NOT FEEL EXTRA PWR WAS NECESSARY). I WAS VERY RELAXED AND WAS NOT CONCERNED WITH THIS LNDG. THE WINDS SEEMED TO BE ONLY A MINIMAL FACTOR. BEFORE FLARE; I WAS A LITTLE TO THE R OF THE CTRLINE; SO I MOVED THE YOKE TO THE L TO CTR UP. UPON CTRING; I WAS JUST OVER THE NUMBERS AND PROCEEDED WITH MY FLARE. I STILL FELT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A NORMAL SMOOTH LNDG; AS WITH MY LNDGS ON THE PREVIOUS DAY. AS FAR AS I REMEMBER; I FLARED AS NORMAL. I BELIEVE I TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY ON THE L TIRE FIRST WITH THE R TIRE FOLLOWING. MENTALLY; I PREPARED TO PUT THE FLAPS UP AND THROTTLE BACK UP FOR MY TKOF. HOWEVER; AFTER BOTH TIRES SEEMED TO TOUCH DOWN; A VERY LARGE FORCE SEEMED TO SUCK THE AIRPLANE TO THE L; ALMOST AS IF IT WANTED TO START SPINNING TO THE L; EVEN THOUGH I WAS LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN THE RWY. AT THIS POINT OF THE SPIN; I THOUGHT SINCE I WAS DOWN; I FIGURED A GAR WAS NOT A SAFE OPTION. WHEN THE VERY LARGE FORCE HIT; IT HAPPENED SO FAST; I WAS NOT SURE HOW TO REACT. I DO NOT REMEMBER WHAT ADDITIONAL CTL INPUTS I MADE AT THIS POINT SINCE THE PLANE SEEMED OUT OF MY CTL. THE PLANE PROCEEDED TO VEER SHARP TO THE L SUCH THAT IT FORCED THE PROP TO HIT THE ASPHALT. NEXT; THE PLANE SWERVED OFF RWY TO THE L AND WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF CTL. I STOPPED IN THE GRASS TO THE L OF THE RWY. I WAS NOT INJURED. AFTER STOPPING; I RADIOED THE TWR. THEY TOLD ME THEY SAW ME IN THE GRASS AND WERE GOING TO SEND HELP. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF; PUT THE MIXTURE TO IDLE/CUTOFF; AND TURNED ALL THE AVIONICS OFF. THE PLANE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE FBO. I CALLED MY INSTRUCTOR AND THE FLYING CLUB. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION; MY INSTRUCTOR AND I INSPECTED THE PLANE AND NOTICED THAT THE R WINGTIP HAD DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE TO THE PROP. AFTER THE INCIDENT; I CALLED THE TWR. THE CTLR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT; TOLD ME HE ONLY SAW THE RESULTANT SPINOUT AND COULD NOT PROVIDE ME ANY MORE DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT FROM A SECOND-PERSON POINT OF VIEW; EVEN THOUGH I ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR A REENACTMENT OF THE EVENTS.