Crj-200 captain forgot to turn off the nose gear steering when the ground crew connected the tow bar...

Attributes
ACN	1327550
Time
Date	201601
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nosewheel Steering
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Object

Narrative:

During pushback; heard a loud noise sounding of metal banging/distressing. The pushback crew informed us the tow bar had not been disconnected and that they would disconnect and direct us to a turnout from that point. The captain informed me he had forgot to turn off the nose wheel steering. He then switched it off. We noticed the aircraft had a left turn tendency and needed constant right turn input corrections to maintain a straight taxi and thought something may have been damaged during the pushback. Contacted the company; maintenance (mx); dispatch (dx) and operations (ops) to coordinate a gate return. After the fact; mx said they found damage; but what they described and showed us is something that is normal on all of our CRJ200s. Nothing appeared damaged to me although the torque links did seem somewhat loose.comply with the standard company procedure flows and checklists.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 Captain forgot to turn off the Nose Gear Steering when the ground crew connected the tow bar and attempted to push back the aircraft from the gate.

Narrative: During pushback; heard a loud noise sounding of metal banging/distressing. The pushback crew informed us the tow bar had not been disconnected and that they would disconnect and direct us to a turnout from that point. The captain informed me he had forgot to turn off the nose wheel steering. He then switched it off. We noticed the aircraft had a left turn tendency and needed constant right turn input corrections to maintain a straight taxi and thought something may have been damaged during the pushback. Contacted the company; Maintenance (Mx); Dispatch (Dx) and Operations (Ops) to coordinate a gate return. After the fact; Mx said they found damage; but what they described and showed us is something that is normal on all of our CRJ200s. Nothing appeared damaged to me although the torque links did seem somewhat loose.Comply with the standard company procedure flows and checklists.

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Crj-200 captain forgot to turn off the nose gear steering when the ground crew connected the tow bar and attempted to push back the aircraft from the gate.