A320 captain reports nose wheel steering failure while attempting to exit runway after landing. A vi...

Narrative:

Our approach and landing were normal until I began to taxi off the runway. Upon slowing to taxi speed and beginning my turnoff on a high speed taxiway; I received an ECAM warning that I had lost my nosewheel steering. The ECAM warning was a 'nosewheel steering fault.' as I was beginning my taxi turnoff; I received this warning and subsequently lost nosewheel steering. I immediately applied right brake and was able to steer the aircraft back onto the runway. The result of this was a very violent maneuver that caused some concern to my passengers and cabin crew. Once I regained control of the aircraft; I had the first officer call the tower and tell them we were disabled. They wanted us to taxi off the runway in use. We stopped the aircraft and followed the QRH and were able to reset the nosewheel steering. Shortly thereafter; we taxied off the runway and eventually taxied to the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain reports nose wheel steering failure while attempting to exit runway after landing. A violent swerve ensues before bringing the aircraft to a stop on the runway. The steering is reset using QRH procedures and the crew continues to the gate.

Narrative: Our approach and landing were normal until I began to taxi off the runway. Upon slowing to taxi speed and beginning my turnoff on a high speed taxiway; I received an ECAM warning that I had lost my nosewheel steering. The ECAM warning was a 'Nosewheel Steering Fault.' As I was beginning my taxi turnoff; I received this warning and subsequently lost nosewheel steering. I immediately applied right brake and was able to steer the aircraft back onto the runway. The result of this was a very violent maneuver that caused some concern to my passengers and cabin crew. Once I regained control of the aircraft; I had the First Officer call the Tower and tell them we were disabled. They wanted us to taxi off the runway in use. We stopped the aircraft and followed the QRH and were able to reset the nosewheel steering. Shortly thereafter; we taxied off the runway and eventually taxied to the gate.

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.

Attributes
ACN	829666
Time
Date	200903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
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

A320 captain reports nose wheel steering failure while attempting to exit runway after landing. A violent swerve ensues before bringing the aircraft to a stop on the runway. The steering is reset using QRH procedures and the crew continues to the gate.