Narrative:

Normal visual approach; first officer flying. Nice touchdown and roll out; as I was taking control of the aircraft at approximately 60 kts aircraft began shaking. Brakes were effective; nosewheel steering was not. We come to a stop halfway between the center line and the runway edge. ECAM left/G lgciu 1 fault. We had a strong smell of burned rubber in the cockpit; called crash and rescue to investigate the nose wheel. At this point I had a hunch the nose wheels were 90 degrees off center; and it was confirmed by fire and rescue. Co-ordinated with airport operation manager and station agents for bag removal and passengers to be transported to the terminal via buses and air stairs. We need to work with airbus to investigate this fault. I would like to know why the nose gear would default to a 90 degree off center with a computer failure.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Airbus Captain reported the aircraft began shaking at approximately 60 KTS during landing roll. Nose wheel steering was ineffective and aircraft stopped between the runway centerline and runway edge. Captain noted the nose landing gear had turned 90 degrees.

Narrative: Normal visual approach; FO flying. Nice touchdown and roll out; as I was taking control of the aircraft at approximately 60 kts aircraft began shaking. Brakes were effective; nosewheel steering was not. We come to a stop halfway between the center line and the runway edge. ECAM L/G LGCIU 1 fault. We had a strong smell of burned rubber in the cockpit; called Crash and Rescue to investigate the nose wheel. At this point I had a hunch the nose wheels were 90 degrees off center; and it was confirmed by fire and rescue. Co-ordinated with airport operation manager and station agents for bag removal and passengers to be transported to the terminal via buses and air stairs. We need to work with Airbus to investigate this fault. I would like to know why the nose gear would default to a 90 degree off center with a computer failure.

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.