Narrative:

Upon nosewheel touchdown with weight on main landing gear; the aircraft pulled/veered right and was quickly arrested with application of left rudder. Landing was conducted with a slight left wing low and slight right rudder to account for a slight left crosswind. EICAS messages were never presented before or after the incident. Correction arrested the right veer without application of the steering disconnect button. Incident occurred so quickly that disconnect was not applied. The 'pull/veer' right was felt by the first officer and flight attendant. The aircraft was quickly decelerated to a slow taxi speed without further reoccurrence. Suspect failure of nosewheel steering related system. Embraer and maintenance pursue identification of defect for correction to preclude runway excursion.callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that his company has issued a procedure for this type of event. Because of his aircraft's airspeed; he believes that the remaining rudder effectiveness overcame the right nosewheel steering command and he did not need to disconnect steering as the procedure dictates. The reporter also stated that in a previous incident with a hard right nosewheel input; the procedure was not effective and the aircraft departed the runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UPON NOSEWHEEL TOUCHDOWN WITH A SLIGHT L XWIND; AN EMB135 EXPERIENCED A R VEER THAT WAS CORRECTED WITH L RUDDER APPLICATION.

Narrative: UPON NOSEWHEEL TOUCHDOWN WITH WT ON MAIN LNDG GEAR; THE ACFT PULLED/VEERED R AND WAS QUICKLY ARRESTED WITH APPLICATION OF L RUDDER. LNDG WAS CONDUCTED WITH A SLIGHT L WING LOW AND SLIGHT R RUDDER TO ACCOUNT FOR A SLIGHT L XWIND. EICAS MESSAGES WERE NEVER PRESENTED BEFORE OR AFTER THE INCIDENT. CORRECTION ARRESTED THE R VEER WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE STEERING DISCONNECT BUTTON. INCIDENT OCCURRED SO QUICKLY THAT DISCONNECT WAS NOT APPLIED. THE 'PULL/VEER' R WAS FELT BY THE FO AND FLT ATTENDANT. THE ACFT WAS QUICKLY DECELERATED TO A SLOW TAXI SPD WITHOUT FURTHER REOCCURRENCE. SUSPECT FAILURE OF NOSEWHEEL STEERING RELATED SYSTEM. EMBRAER AND MAINT PURSUE IDENTIFICATION OF DEFECT FOR CORRECTION TO PRECLUDE RWY EXCURSION.CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HIS COMPANY HAS ISSUED A PROC FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENT. BECAUSE OF HIS ACFT'S AIRSPD; HE BELIEVES THAT THE REMAINING RUDDER EFFECTIVENESS OVERCAME THE R NOSEWHEEL STEERING COMMAND AND HE DID NOT NEED TO DISCONNECT STEERING AS THE PROC DICTATES. THE RPTR ALSO STATED THAT IN A PREVIOUS INCIDENT WITH A HARD R NOSEWHEEL INPUT; THE PROC WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AND THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.