GA small aircraft runway excursion caused by nose gear malfunction.

Attributes
ACN	174701
Time
Date	199104
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 5d3
State Reference	MI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1580 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	174701
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon landing after a series of takeoffs and landing, the nose wheel steering malfunctioned and the aircraft turned uncontrolled to the right and departed the paved runway. The aircraft was undamaged and 1 runway light was destroyed. The malfunction was attributed to turning the nose gear past its stop limits during towing. The steering worked during the first 30 mins of the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA RWY EXCURSION CAUSED BY NOSE GEAR MALFUNCTION.

Narrative: UPON LNDG AFTER A SERIES OF TKOFS AND LNDG, THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE ACFT TURNED UNCONTROLLED TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE PAVED RWY. THE ACFT WAS UNDAMAGED AND 1 RWY LIGHT WAS DESTROYED. THE MALFUNCTION WAS ATTRIBUTED TO TURNING THE NOSE GEAR PAST ITS STOP LIMITS DURING TOWING. THE STEERING WORKED DURING THE FIRST 30 MINS OF THE FLT.

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.