BE58 pilot lands short at spirit lake, ia, resulting in collapse of nose gear.

Attributes
ACN	424778
Time
Date	199901
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 5ia5
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Baron 58/58TC
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	424778
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Some en route icing (but deice was effective. On landing with windshield slightly obscured from deice fluid. That did not have much effect on the incident). I was at about 30 ft AGL and under 100 ft from runway threshold. I am not sure why this happened as my speed was about 100 mph. I added some power and started a slight flare. I contacted the ground with the mains at about 15 ft from the runway. The nose gear touched about 5 ft. There was a small snowbank. The main came through fine, but the drag link on the nose gear failed. The nose gear retracted and the gear doors closed. The nose settled to the runway and the propellers struck the pavement. Damage was minimal. In talking with lcls they said the wind could be tricky. Although wind was slight, I may have had some low level windshear. That would explain abrupt settling with the small power reduction.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE58 PLT LANDS SHORT AT SPIRIT LAKE, IA, RESULTING IN COLLAPSE OF NOSE GEAR.

Narrative: SOME ENRTE ICING (BUT DEICE WAS EFFECTIVE. ON LNDG WITH WINDSHIELD SLIGHTLY OBSCURED FROM DEICE FLUID. THAT DID NOT HAVE MUCH EFFECT ON THE INCIDENT). I WAS AT ABOUT 30 FT AGL AND UNDER 100 FT FROM RWY THRESHOLD. I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS HAPPENED AS MY SPD WAS ABOUT 100 MPH. I ADDED SOME PWR AND STARTED A SLIGHT FLARE. I CONTACTED THE GND WITH THE MAINS AT ABOUT 15 FT FROM THE RWY. THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED ABOUT 5 FT. THERE WAS A SMALL SNOWBANK. THE MAIN CAME THROUGH FINE, BUT THE DRAG LINK ON THE NOSE GEAR FAILED. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE GEAR DOORS CLOSED. THE NOSE SETTLED TO THE RWY AND THE PROPS STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL. IN TALKING WITH LCLS THEY SAID THE WIND COULD BE TRICKY. ALTHOUGH WIND WAS SLIGHT, I MAY HAVE HAD SOME LOW LEVEL WINDSHEAR. THAT WOULD EXPLAIN ABRUPT SETTLING WITH THE SMALL PWR REDUCTION.

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.