What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After touch down aircraft veered left went off runway into a ditch.
Aircraft nose gear bent, approx four feet of right wing is bent up, firewall is also bent on the right side.
On 04/30/2014 an inspection reviled that a nose gear steering pulley part number 40102-1 on the right side was cracked and had bound the steering cable in the cracked area holding the nose wheel to the left.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER TOUCH DOWN AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT WENT OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.
AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR BENT, APPROX FOUR FEET OF RIGHT WING IS BENT UP, FIREWALL IS ALSO BENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
ON 04/30/2014 AN INSPECTION REVILED THAT A NOSE GEAR STEERING PULLEY PART NUMBER 40102-1 ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS CRACKED AND HAD BOUND THE STEERING CABLE IN THE CRACKED AREA HOLDING THE NOSE WHEEL TO THE LEFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.