Small aircraft pilot reports a bounced landing after 50 days of not flying; causing the nose tire to...

Narrative:

This was my first landing at this airport. We had about a 5 knot crosswind. I missed judged my altitude in the last few feet of the landing. I landed on the main gear and bounced. I applied some throttle to settle the plane on the return to the ground. While taxiing it was clear there was a problem with the nose gear. The two a&ps at the field were checking the plane even before I could close my flight plan. The tire on the nose gear was blown. They replaced the tire and did a quick inspection of the plane. I flew back without incident; making a nice cross wind landing. The FBO just called me to tell me the plane had been declared totaled. Their online schedule suggests the plane has been flown twice since I flew it (both on the next day). I don't know how accurate the online schedule is but it was flown at least once. One of the pilots (I don't know if it was the first or second pilot after my flight) reported issues with the yoke and the throttle. I had no problem with either on my return flight or while taxiing after returning. It had been a little over 50 days since my last flight. I believe a recurrence would be prevented by flying more regularly or by flying with a CFI for the first flight after not flying regularly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot reports a bounced landing after 50 days of not flying; causing the nose tire to fail. The tire is replaced and the aircraft is inspected by Maintenance; but the next day more damage is found and the aircraft is declared a total loss.

Narrative: This was my first landing at this airport. We had about a 5 knot crosswind. I missed judged my altitude in the last few feet of the landing. I landed on the main gear and bounced. I applied some throttle to settle the plane on the return to the ground. While taxiing it was clear there was a problem with the nose gear. The two A&Ps at the field were checking the plane even before I could close my flight plan. The tire on the nose gear was blown. They replaced the tire and did a quick inspection of the plane. I flew back without incident; making a nice cross wind landing. The FBO just called me to tell me the plane had been declared totaled. Their online schedule suggests the plane has been flown twice since I flew it (both on the next day). I don't know how accurate the online schedule is but it was flown at least once. One of the pilots (I don't know if it was the first or second pilot after my flight) reported issues with the yoke and the throttle. I had no problem with either on my return flight or while taxiing after returning. It had been a little over 50 days since my last flight. I believe a recurrence would be prevented by flying more regularly or by flying with a CFI for the first flight after not flying regularly.

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Attributes
ACN	1191244
Time
Date	201407
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	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear Wheel
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 71 Flight Crew Type 71
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Small aircraft pilot reports a bounced landing after 50 days of not flying; causing the nose tire to fail. The tire is replaced and the aircraft is inspected by maintenance; but the next day more damage is found and the aircraft is declared a total loss.