A320 First Officer reported on the takeoff roll they noticed it was difficult to keep the aircraft on center line. The flight crew elected to continue to destination airport; requested priority handling and made a precautionary landing.

Date: 2022-10 · Aircraft: A320 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-event-encounter-loss-of-aircraft-control

Synopsis

A320 First Officer reported on the takeoff roll they noticed it was difficult to keep the aircraft on center line. The flight crew elected to continue to destination airport; requested priority handling and made a precautionary landing.

Narrative

On the takeoff roll I noticed it was difficult to keep the aircraft on center line. It was yawing to the left. I could feel resistance on the peddles and I thought it may have been the Captain's feet. I found out later it was not him. Right after bringing the gear up on takeoff; we got an ECAM caution message about the nose wheel steering. I can't remember the exact message. I called 'my aircraft' and focused on flying and radios while the Captain ran the checklists. We determined that the nose wheel steering was INOP. But we didn't know the position of the gear; whether straight or at a 90 degree angle. We wouldn't know until we lowered the gear. Either way; we made the decision to request priority handling and make a full stop landing in ZZZ. We requested ARFF be waiting for us. The Captain made the appropriate calls to Dispatch and Maintenance. He alerted the Flight Attendants and made the PAs to the passengers. I requested priority handling with ATC and gave them the requested information. It was a very short flight so things were moving fast. We decided to get the gear out early to see if there were any additional ECAM messages. Thankfully; there were not. We determined the nose gear was straight and that we would make a normal landing to a full stop on XXL in ZZZ. We touched down and came to a stop without incident. Crash; Fire; and Rescue was standing by. They inspected the aircraft for damage and found none. We handed them the gear pins and a push crew towed us to the Gate.

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