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A RV8's nose wheel is suspected of causing the aircraft to depart the runway after landing when it veered hard right and neither braking; rudder nor aileron inputs could counter the turn.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1021520 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201207 |
| 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 | RV-8 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Direct Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nosewheel Steering |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 16500 Flight Crew Type 23 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I was landing on runway 26. It was day time VMC; the winds were pretty much down the runway at less than 10 KTS. I executed a normal 3 point landing; the aircraft rolled straight for just a few seconds and then veered hard to the right and departed the runway. I had applied full left rudder; left brake; and right aileron to stop the aircraft without effect. When the aircraft departed the runway; it slid sideways in dirt until hitting a ridge where the damage occurred. No personal injuries and the aircraft was slightly damaged. I have over 2;000 hours in conventional gear aircraft and have never seen one veer so hard without some sort of either impute or external force. I really have no idea what happened. Subsequent web posts lead me to believe that there is a main gear toe issue that leads to such a problem. Having had my wheel pants off and visually inspecting the main tires; I did not notice any abnormal wear on the tires. But I will have the repair facility check the toe in/out and the tailwheel steering.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A RV8's nose wheel is suspected of causing the aircraft to depart the runway after landing when it veered hard right and neither braking; rudder nor aileron inputs could counter the turn.
Narrative: I was landing on Runway 26. It was day time VMC; the winds were pretty much down the runway at less than 10 KTS. I executed a normal 3 point landing; the aircraft rolled straight for just a few seconds and then veered hard to the right and departed the runway. I had applied full left rudder; left brake; and right aileron to stop the aircraft without effect. When the aircraft departed the runway; it slid sideways in dirt until hitting a ridge where the damage occurred. No personal injuries and the aircraft was slightly damaged. I have over 2;000 hours in conventional gear aircraft and have never seen one veer so hard without some sort of either impute or external force. I really have no idea what happened. Subsequent web posts lead me to believe that there is a main gear toe issue that leads to such a problem. Having had my wheel pants off and visually inspecting the main tires; I did not notice any abnormal wear on the tires. But I will have the repair facility check the toe in/out and the tailwheel steering.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.