A319 flight crew reported a rejected takeoff at 10 knots due to nosewheel steering issues.

Attributes
ACN	1546708
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nosewheel Steering
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

We rejected a takeoff at low speed. As we lined up for a rolling takeoff and just after transferring control to the first officer (first officer) the aircraft veered sharply to the left. I rejected the takeoff at about 10 knots. We had entered the runway at about 8 knots and as I centered the aircraft on the centerline the first officer applied flex power. Immediately after or during the application of flex the aircraft veered sharply to the left and the first officer stated that he could not control the aircraft. I assumed control of the aircraft; brought the thrust to idle and applied the brakes. As I tried to regain directional control it felt as if the nose gear had been in a full left turn because it took a lot of steering to get the nose pointed back to the centerline. The nose wheel steering did not seem consistent with our direction of travel and speed at this point. At this time I heard a tire squealing noise. The first officer later stated that he had full right rudder trying to maintain control and that the engines were spooling normally so we suspected a nose steering problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 flight crew reported a rejected takeoff at 10 knots due to nosewheel steering issues.

Narrative: We rejected a takeoff at low speed. As we lined up for a rolling takeoff and just after transferring control to the First Officer (FO) the aircraft veered sharply to the left. I rejected the takeoff at about 10 knots. We had entered the runway at about 8 knots and as I centered the aircraft on the centerline the FO applied flex power. Immediately after or during the application of FLEX the aircraft veered sharply to the left and the FO stated that he could not control the aircraft. I assumed control of the aircraft; brought the thrust to idle and applied the brakes. As I tried to regain directional control it felt as if the nose gear had been in a full left turn because it took a lot of steering to get the nose pointed back to the centerline. The nose wheel steering did not seem consistent with our direction of travel and speed at this point. At this time I heard a tire squealing noise. The FO later stated that he had full right rudder trying to maintain control and that the engines were spooling normally so we suspected a nose steering problem.

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.