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A C-23 drifted off the runway after landing; possibly due to crosswinds and/or nosewheel steering issues. No damage resulted.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 849931 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Sundowner 23 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nosewheel Steering |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 600 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Excursion Runway Ground Incursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
After a routine landing; the aircraft began to drift from left to right of the runway centerline. All attempts to stop the right/left drifting were not successful and the aircraft departed the runway to the left after a ground roll of about 1500 ft. The aircraft continued through the short level grass area and reemerged on an intersecting runway without incident and with the control tower advising that there was no problem and the aircraft was cleared to our usual parking spot. Contributing factors could have been gusty and variable winds at 30-60 degrees each side of the runway centerline at 7-15 KTS. There is also a possibility of the aircraft having nosewheel steering problems that are now being reviewed by our mechanic. There is a bungee system in the nosewheel steering of this type aircraft that tends to have a vague feel to it and is subject to minute over correction issues in certain gust conditions. There is also an interconnect between the nosewheel steering and the rudder-aileron system. This is being reviewed. There were no other aircraft involved; and no conflict of any type was noted. No other aircraft movements were in evidence either on the ground or in the traffic pattern. There was no damage to the aircraft; nor any personal injury to the solo pilot or any damage to structures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C-23 drifted off the runway after landing; possibly due to crosswinds and/or nosewheel steering issues. No damage resulted.
Narrative: After a routine landing; the aircraft began to drift from left to right of the runway centerline. All attempts to stop the right/left drifting were not successful and the aircraft departed the runway to the left after a ground roll of about 1500 FT. The aircraft continued through the short level grass area and reemerged on an intersecting runway without incident and with the control tower advising that there was no problem and the aircraft was cleared to our usual parking spot. Contributing factors could have been gusty and variable winds at 30-60 degrees each side of the runway centerline at 7-15 KTS. There is also a possibility of the aircraft having nosewheel steering problems that are now being reviewed by our mechanic. There is a bungee system in the nosewheel steering of this type aircraft that tends to have a vague feel to it and is subject to minute over correction issues in certain gust conditions. There is also an interconnect between the nosewheel steering and the rudder-aileron system. This is being reviewed. There were no other aircraft involved; and no conflict of any type was noted. No other aircraft movements were in evidence either on the ground or in the traffic pattern. There was no damage to the aircraft; nor any personal injury to the solo pilot or any damage to structures.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.