Pipersport lsa pilot reported the nose gear collapsed upon landing roll out.

Attributes
ACN	1357383
Time
Date	201605
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	Light Sport Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 6920 Flight Crew Type 90
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

I was landing after ferrying the aircraft for minor maintenance. I decided to do a long soft field landing to save taxi time. The landing went well; and I held the nose off the runway for a distance then allowed it to come down. I would estimate my speed when the nose gear came down at approximately 30 knots. The nose gear began to shimmy; so I pulled the stick back to take weight off of the nose gear and the shimmying stopped; but there was not enough speed to raise the nose gear off the pavement. At this time; taxiway was coming up; and I began to apply braking at the lead-in taxiway line. At that point; the nose gear collapsed; and the aircraft skidded approximately 100 feet down the runway on its nose. I did not apply braking. Aircraft damage was confined to the propeller; cowling; nose gear and exhaust system. The nose gear showed signs of fatigue cracking.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PiperSport LSA pilot reported the nose gear collapsed upon landing roll out.

Narrative: I was landing after ferrying the aircraft for minor maintenance. I decided to do a long soft field landing to save taxi time. The landing went well; and I held the nose off the runway for a distance then allowed it to come down. I would estimate my speed when the nose gear came down at approximately 30 knots. The nose gear began to shimmy; so I pulled the stick back to take weight off of the nose gear and the shimmying stopped; but there was not enough speed to raise the nose gear off the pavement. At this time; taxiway was coming up; and I began to apply braking at the lead-in taxiway line. At that point; the nose gear collapsed; and the aircraft skidded approximately 100 feet down the runway on its nose. I did not apply braking. Aircraft damage was confined to the propeller; cowling; nose gear and exhaust system. The nose gear showed signs of fatigue cracking.

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