Aircraft veered off runway during takeoff roll.

Attributes
ACN	140123
Time
Date	199003
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : l41
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : jfk
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 1670 flight time type : 105
ASRS Report	140123
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1550 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	140666
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Ground roll was started, left main gear went off pavement. Takeoff was aborted. Left main and nose gear in soft dirt collapsed nose gear. Aircraft slid to a stop. Propellers hit ground, also. Narrow runway, low time PIC in type (reactions not quick enough to stop aircraft from rolling off pavement into dirt, wind was changing direction with small gusts. I was a non-instructing CFI in right seat for a pleasure flight, watching airspeed and surface pavement conditions since pavement was uneven and narrow. Possibly should have taken control of aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACFT VEERED OFF RWY DURING TKOF ROLL.

Narrative: GND ROLL WAS STARTED, LEFT MAIN GEAR WENT OFF PAVEMENT. TKOF WAS ABORTED. LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR IN SOFT DIRT COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. ACFT SLID TO A STOP. PROPS HIT GND, ALSO. NARROW RWY, LOW TIME PIC IN TYPE (REACTIONS NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO STOP ACFT FROM ROLLING OFF PAVEMENT INTO DIRT, WIND WAS CHANGING DIRECTION WITH SMALL GUSTS. I WAS A NON-INSTRUCTING CFI IN RIGHT SEAT FOR A PLEASURE FLT, WATCHING AIRSPD AND SURFACE PAVEMENT CONDITIONS SINCE PAVEMENT WAS UNEVEN AND NARROW. POSSIBLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF ACFT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.