An small aircraft landed short of the runway knocking off the nose gear without injury to personnel.

Attributes
ACN	226234
Time
Date	199211
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : obe
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 42 flight time total : 290 flight time type : 95
ASRS Report	226234
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

After completing one touch and go at obe runway 22, I stayed in the pattern to perform another one. On the final approach, I increased power to reduce the sink rate but landed short of the runway. After traveling approximately 10 ft, the nosewheel sank into the soft ground and broke off. The aircraft's nose dropped and contacted the ground and the aircraft came to a halt with a gentle deceleration. Neither my passenger nor myself were injured.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SMA LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY KNOCKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR WITHOUT INJURY TO PERSONNEL.

Narrative: AFTER COMPLETING ONE TOUCH AND GO AT OBE RWY 22, I STAYED IN THE PATTERN TO PERFORM ANOTHER ONE. ON THE FINAL APCH, I INCREASED PWR TO REDUCE THE SINK RATE BUT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY. AFTER TRAVELING APPROX 10 FT, THE NOSEWHEEL SANK INTO THE SOFT GND AND BROKE OFF. THE ACFT'S NOSE DROPPED AND CONTACTED THE GND AND THE ACFT CAME TO A HALT WITH A GENTLE DECELERATION. NEITHER MY PAX NOR MYSELF WERE INJURED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.