The pilot of a sonex experienced a partial nose gear collapse following a bounced landing.

Attributes
ACN	1110216
Time
Date	201308
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 1
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

Narrative:

After a bounced landing; the aircraft landed too hard on the nose gear; which then partially collapsed. The FAA representative on scene classified the event as an incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: The pilot of a Sonex experienced a partial nose gear collapse following a bounced landing.

Narrative: After a bounced landing; the aircraft landed too hard on the nose gear; which then partially collapsed. The FAA representative on scene classified the event as an incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.