19980704023599A

Veered right off runway into wet grassy field. Hit road lip. Bent nose gear. Indicates applied brakes on flare. (.4)the airplane exited the runway after touchdown, traversed a wet grassy area and impacted a taxiway. The pilot said he did not have his feet on the brakes nor to be making right rudder input on touchdown, but he did not take note of when the nosewheel contacted the runway.. He said that after exiting the runway, his application of brakes and left rudder stopped the right turn, but did not return the airplane to the runway. The airplane continued across a taxiway where the nosewheel contacted a lip on the pavement and collapsed. Subsequent to the accident an examination of the airplane was conducted and no anomalies were found in the brakes or continuity of the flight controls (-23)upon aircraft touchdown, the airplane suddenly pulled to the right. An effort to straighten the ground roll by use of left rudder and brakes was attempted with no success. As the airplane left the runway and rolled into a wet grassy field, additional braking was applied to no avail. A perpendicular hard surface road was encountered by the airplane which bent the nosegear back flush to the lower engine cowling. The airplane came to rest finally on the other side of the hard surface road again in the grass. The airplane propeller had struck the ground several times prior to stopping.