Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 6720; Flight Crew Type 280
Human-Machine Interface
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Evacuated
Aircraft
Upon landing everything had been normal on the flight but; after setting the nose gear on the runway; the aircraft veered left. The crew made all efforts to maintain the aircraft on the runway; but the aircraft departed the runway to the left. The aircraft stopped on the grass and the crew performed the shutdown and evacuation procedures. The nose gear had collapsed during the landing.No passengers were on board the aircraft. The crew did not suffer any injuries.
When the CL600's nose gear collapsed after landing the flight crew was unable to arrest an excursion off the left side of the runway.