<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1312428, November 2015

The pilot of a C172 lost directional control during landing due to nosewheel steering technique in crosswind conditions.

Attributes
ACN	1312428
Time
Date	201511
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	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 29 Flight Crew Total 51
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

During landing; airplane skidded to the left of [the runway]. No major damage; no injury. Approach was normal and stabilized with no problems. Initial touchdown onto the runway surface was good; but then the airplane began to swerve more and more erratically.I believe that I did not maintain proper directional control over the aircraft. The nose wheel was lowered too soon and there wasn't enough positive counter-reaction when the aircraft initially began to swerve. Additional instruction is required to maintain positive control over the aircraft throughout the landing phase; especially when in crosswind conditions.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a C172 lost directional control during landing due to nosewheel steering technique in crosswind conditions.

Narrative: During landing; airplane skidded to the left of [the runway]. No major damage; no injury. Approach was normal and stabilized with no problems. Initial touchdown onto the runway surface was good; but then the airplane began to swerve more and more erratically.I believe that I did not maintain proper directional control over the aircraft. The nose wheel was lowered too soon and there wasn't enough positive counter-reaction when the aircraft initially began to swerve. Additional instruction is required to maintain positive control over the aircraft throughout the landing phase; especially when in crosswind conditions.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.