EMB-505 / Phenom 300
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure; Human Factors
Taxied out without the nose wheel being connected. Due to a not performing my pre[flight] inspection exterior check closer. [I] had a high work load environment. As FBO did not have plane on line as I requested the night before; FBO was short staffed and once the plane was brought on line I felt a little rushed to get back on schedule. Passengers arrived at time of departure but was then informed we had one less passenger; [which] added to my work load of contacting Dispatch. I felt a little rushed to get the trip out on time and did a quick walk around and missing that the nose wheel torque link was connected. After starting to taxi; I felt something wasn't right with the steering and I asked my SIC to try steering. He asked me if the torque link was connected and I had doubts but said yes; and I asked if he did his inspection. He said he did and he said it looked connected. I determined it wasn't connected and that we need to stop and inspect. I shut down the left engine and visually determined the nose wheel wasn't connected. I determined the safest course of action was to contact the FBO and have a tug brought out to re-center the nose wheel. They accomplished this and I reinspected the nose gear and the flight resumed. I missed the nose gear on my inspection. I felt a little rushed this trip and tour over the fact that my SIC doesn't have his ID or keys requiring me to open close all the doors and panels before and after each flight. Also. my SIC didn't perform his walk around inspection closely and he also missed the nose gear torque link. In the end; I will now physically touch the nose wheel torque link to verify that it is indeed connected.
EMB-505 Captain reported a nose wheel steering issue during taxi due to the failure to reconnect the nose gear torque links during preflight.