The flight crew of a lear 35 lost control on landing after nose gear touchdown; ran off the runway; ...

Attributes
ACN	970538
Time
Date	201109
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Learjet 35
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nosewheel Steering
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175 Flight Crew Total 7250 Flight Crew Type 3250
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Excursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

Upon landing at a foreign airport everything was normal until after the landing flare but as the nose gear touched the pavement the aircraft veered violently to the left. I applied full right rudder but the aircraft continued to veer to the left into the grass. My copilot called the tower and requested the fire trucks which arrived immediately. While I was busy running the memory items for the evacuation check list my copilot opened the door. After I shut down the engines; pulled the T handles and turned the battery switches off; everyone evacuated the aircraft safely and with no injuries. The ground crewman that was waiting for us said he saw the landing and after the nose gear touched the ground he saw smoke and then the aircraft veered violently to the left. I suspect after talking to my mechanic that the nose wheel was not straight on landing and that was what caused us to violently veer to the left. I filed a report with the local investigative authority.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The Flight Crew of a Lear 35 lost control on landing after nose gear touchdown; ran off the runway; stopped in the grass and evacuated everyone from the aircraft.

Narrative: Upon landing at a foreign airport everything was normal until after the landing flare but as the nose gear touched the pavement the aircraft veered violently to the left. I applied full right rudder but the aircraft continued to veer to the left into the grass. My copilot called the Tower and requested the fire trucks which arrived immediately. While I was busy running the memory items for the evacuation check list my copilot opened the door. After I shut down the engines; pulled the T handles and turned the battery switches off; everyone evacuated the aircraft safely and with no injuries. The ground crewman that was waiting for us said he saw the landing and after the nose gear touched the ground he saw smoke and then the aircraft veered violently to the left. I suspect after talking to my mechanic that the nose wheel was not straight on landing and that was what caused us to violently veer to the left. I filed a report with the local investigative authority.

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.

The flight crew of a lear 35 lost control on landing after nose gear touchdown; ran off the runway; stopped in the grass and evacuated everyone from the aircraft.