A cessna 182 on landing experienced an uncontrolled excursion from the runway crossing the grass med...

Attributes
ACN	443072
Time
Date	199907
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ckb.airport
State Reference	WV
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 7 flight time total : 738
ASRS Report	443072
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical excursion : runway other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

Following a normal approach and a very smooth landing and start of roll down the centerline with power fully back, the aircraft suddenly veered to the left at an approximately 45 degree angle to the centerline. Right rudder correction and gentle braking had no effect to correct direction and the aircraft ran off the runway into the grass where hard braking and right rudder did not stop or correct direction. The craft then proceeded up over a taxi entrance to the runway and proceeded back onto the grass between a taxi light and a runway-taxi indicator. The left main gear struck tangentially the last 6-12 inches of the runway-taxi indicator and broke off the wheel and brake assembly at the wheel. The craft then skidded and pivoted on the left strut and stopped. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated the landing was smooth at about 75 mph and after 10 seconds the aircraft veered off to the left and aircraft became uncontrollable. The reporter said the brakes and nosewheel steering were ineffective. The reporter said the runway pavement and grass median strip were dry. The reporter said the cause was the left main gear spring steel tube strut cracked where the strut joins the wheel. The reporter stated the left main gear wheel was turned out pointing sideways.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CESSNA 182 ON LNDG EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTROLLED EXCURSION FROM THE RWY XING THE GRASS MEDIAN STRIP STRIKING THE RWY DIRECTIONAL MARKER. CAUSED BY A FAILED L MAIN GEAR STRUT FORCING THE L MAIN WHEEL TO TURN SIDEWAYS.

Narrative: FOLLOWING A NORMAL APCH AND A VERY SMOOTH LNDG AND START OF ROLL DOWN THE CTRLINE WITH PWR FULLY BACK, THE ACFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE L AT AN APPROX 45 DEG ANGLE TO THE CTRLINE. R RUDDER CORRECTION AND GENTLE BRAKING HAD NO EFFECT TO CORRECT DIRECTION AND THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RWY INTO THE GRASS WHERE HARD BRAKING AND R RUDDER DID NOT STOP OR CORRECT DIRECTION. THE CRAFT THEN PROCEEDED UP OVER A TAXI ENTRANCE TO THE RWY AND PROCEEDED BACK ONTO THE GRASS BTWN A TAXI LIGHT AND A RWY-TAXI INDICATOR. THE L MAIN GEAR STRUCK TANGENTIALLY THE LAST 6-12 INCHES OF THE RWY-TAXI INDICATOR AND BROKE OFF THE WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY AT THE WHEEL. THE CRAFT THEN SKIDDED AND PIVOTED ON THE L STRUT AND STOPPED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE LNDG WAS SMOOTH AT ABOUT 75 MPH AND AFTER 10 SECONDS THE ACFT VEERED OFF TO THE L AND ACFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE RPTR SAID THE BRAKES AND NOSEWHEEL STEERING WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE RPTR SAID THE RWY PAVEMENT AND GRASS MEDIAN STRIP WERE DRY. THE RPTR SAID THE CAUSE WAS THE L MAIN GEAR SPRING STEEL TUBE STRUT CRACKED WHERE THE STRUT JOINS THE WHEEL. THE RPTR STATED THE L MAIN GEAR WHEEL WAS TURNED OUT POINTING SIDEWAYS.

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.

A cessna 182 on landing experienced an uncontrolled excursion from the runway crossing the grass median strip striking the runway directional marker. Caused by a failed left main gear strut forcing the left main wheel to turn sideways.