SR20 instructor reported their aircraft's nose gear failed following what appeared to be a normal la...

Attributes
ACN	1457650
Time
Date	201706
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR20
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach Direct
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 125 Flight Crew Total 3250 Flight Crew Type 900
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

Visual approach to a normal landing with student manipulating the controls. Student touched down on the runway centerline at the correct touchdown speed; on the base wheels first. As the airplane slowed; the aerodynamic braking slowly lowered the nose. Upon the nose wheel contacting the surface there was a strong and deep vibration; almost like a bucking sensation followed by a loud crack and then the nosewheel collapsed under the engine compartment causing the propeller to strike the surface of the runway. I immediately turned off the fuel and moved the mixture control to idle cutoff and commanded the student to shut off all electrical systems which he did without hesitation. The aircraft slid on its nose to a stop. No occupants were injured. Prior to this incident I had reported that the nosewheel on this specific airplane was vibrating badly. The airplane was brought in to maintenance where work was performed and the aircraft was released back to service. The maintenance work was done one day before this incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SR20 instructor reported their aircraft's nose gear failed following what appeared to be a normal landing.

Narrative: Visual approach to a normal landing with student manipulating the controls. Student touched down on the runway centerline at the correct touchdown speed; on the base wheels first. As the airplane slowed; the aerodynamic braking slowly lowered the nose. Upon the nose wheel contacting the surface there was a strong and deep vibration; almost like a bucking sensation followed by a loud crack and then the nosewheel collapsed under the engine compartment causing the propeller to strike the surface of the runway. I immediately turned off the fuel and moved the mixture control to idle cutoff and commanded the student to shut off all electrical systems which he did without hesitation. The aircraft slid on its nose to a stop. No occupants were injured. Prior to this incident I had reported that the nosewheel on this specific airplane was vibrating badly. The airplane was brought in to maintenance where work was performed and the aircraft was released back to service. The maintenance work was done one day before this incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.