An A319 was returned to the gate after encountering a failure of nose gear steering.

Attributes
ACN	858362
Time
Date	200910
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SYR.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nosewheel Steering
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

As I turned right the aircraft did not respond normally to my inputs to the tiller. I immediately stopped and set the parking brake. The ECAM master caution illuminated and ECAM showed wheel north/west strg fault. My first officer said he also saw status memo northwest strg disc (in amber). We advised ground control; flight attendants and passengers. We complied with the QRH and called maintenance control on my cell phone. We returned to the gate and met the contract mechanic. Airbus should re-engineer and re-certify the nose wheel steering system to provide compliance with far certification standards.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 was returned to the gate after encountering a failure of nose gear steering.

Narrative: As I turned right the aircraft did not respond normally to my inputs to the tiller. I immediately stopped and set the parking brake. The ECAM master caution illuminated and ECAM showed Wheel N/W STRG FAULT. My First Officer said he also saw status memo NW STRG DISC (in amber). We advised Ground Control; flight attendants and passengers. We complied with the QRH and called maintenance control on my cell phone. We returned to the gate and met the contract Mechanic. Airbus should re-engineer and re-certify the nose wheel steering system to provide compliance with FAR certification standards.

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.