Small aircraft has gear problem, veers off runway into grass and depression of ground.

Attributes
ACN	313588
Time
Date	199508
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dxr
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-24 Comanche
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
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 : 280 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	313588
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Aircraft: PA-24-260C. During landing, aircraft veered left upon touchdown of nose gear. Full right rudder and braking were applied to no avail. Aircraft exited runway to grassy area and entered depression in ground which sheared nose gear strut. Eyewitness reported nose gear was off center during final approach. Aircraft was flown during the day prior to this occurrence and normal gear operations and indications were evident during previous flight as well as final flight. Cause unknown. Tower may have been of assistance had they seen and reported that nose gear was not aligned.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA HAS GEAR PROB, VEERS OFF RWY INTO GRASS AND DEPRESSION OF GND.

Narrative: ACFT: PA-24-260C. DURING LNDG, ACFT VEERED L UPON TOUCHDOWN OF NOSE GEAR. FULL R RUDDER AND BRAKING WERE APPLIED TO NO AVAIL. ACFT EXITED RWY TO GRASSY AREA AND ENTERED DEPRESSION IN GND WHICH SHEARED NOSE GEAR STRUT. EYEWITNESS RPTED NOSE GEAR WAS OFF CTR DURING FINAL APCH. ACFT WAS FLOWN DURING THE DAY PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE AND NORMAL GEAR OPS AND INDICATIONS WERE EVIDENT DURING PREVIOUS FLT AS WELL AS FINAL FLT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. TWR MAY HAVE BEEN OF ASSISTANCE HAD THEY SEEN AND RPTED THAT NOSE GEAR WAS NOT ALIGNED.

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.