A320 first officer reports the captain attempting to turn off the runway after an auto land without ...

Attributes
ACN	877713
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Component
Aircraft Component	Autopilot
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

After auto landing; the captain was some what concerned about the performance of the auto pilots with respect to the landing. We both considered it to be satisfactory but he elected to do another one on our return flight. The landing was again satisfactory. The aircraft decelerated through 60 knots and tower told us to turn left and contact ground. As we made the turn; I noticed that both auto pilots were still engaged. I immediately brought this to the captain's attention. It was at this time that the aircraft veered extremely hard left toward toward the grass. We both applied maximum braking and came within inches of leaving the pavement. Both auto pilots were then turned off. We taxied to the gate without further incident. The captain was absolutely certain that he had disconnected the auto pilots while still on the runway before turning off. We were concerned that we may have hit blue taxi lights and reported it to the tower. After further inspection; no lights were damaged.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 First Officer reports the Captain attempting to turn off the runway after an auto land without turning off the auto pilots. A hard left turn results which is only arrested by quickly stopping the aircraft.

Narrative: After auto landing; the Captain was some what concerned about the performance of the auto pilots with respect to the landing. We both considered it to be satisfactory but he elected to do another one on our return flight. The landing was again satisfactory. The aircraft decelerated through 60 knots and Tower told us to turn left and contact ground. As we made the turn; I noticed that both auto pilots were still engaged. I immediately brought this to the Captain's attention. It was at this time that the aircraft veered extremely hard left toward toward the grass. We both applied maximum braking and came within inches of leaving the pavement. Both auto pilots were then turned off. We taxied to the gate without further incident. The Captain was absolutely certain that he had disconnected the auto pilots while still on the runway before turning off. We were concerned that we may have hit blue taxi lights and reported it to the Tower. After further inspection; no lights were damaged.

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.

A320 first officer reports the captain attempting to turn off the runway after an auto land without turning off the auto pilots. A hard left turn results which is only arrested by quickly stopping the aircraft.