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Diamond da-20 student pilot reported a failure of the nose gear during landing; resulting in damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1687230 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | DA20 Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Nose Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I was involved in a landing incident at ZZZ where I lost my nose wheel; and had a prop strike after the gear was no longer attached. No issues happened prior during my flight; and the approach for landing all felt as normal. As I came to touch down; I flared as normal; and came down on my main gear; not on the nose wheel. After touching down; the plane began to porpoise. It did this twice after the initial time; however until the last one the nose gear never touched the ground as far as I could tell. On the last one; I came down on the mains again; and as the nose gear struck; the prop hit the ground; and I skidded down the runway. I came to a stop on centerline; on the runway. People from airport helped me move the plane off the active runway. I was a solo cross country student at this time; and have never had issues before this moment. I am not sure if the nose gear had previous damage; being that it is a rental aircraft used by mostly students; or if it was caused by the landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Diamond DA-20 student pilot reported a failure of the nose gear during landing; resulting in damage to the aircraft.
Narrative: I was involved in a landing incident at ZZZ where I lost my nose wheel; and had a prop strike after the gear was no longer attached. No issues happened prior during my flight; and the approach for landing all felt as normal. As I came to touch down; I flared as normal; and came down on my main gear; not on the nose wheel. After touching down; the plane began to porpoise. It did this twice after the initial time; however until the last one the nose gear never touched the ground as far as I could tell. On the last one; I came down on the mains again; and as the nose gear struck; the prop hit the ground; and I skidded down the runway. I came to a stop on centerline; on the runway. People from airport helped me move the plane off the active runway. I was a solo cross country student at this time; and have never had issues before this moment. I am not sure if the nose gear had previous damage; being that it is a rental aircraft used by mostly students; or if it was caused by the landing.
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.