SR22
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Multiengine; Other Glider
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 19; Flight Crew Total 2690; Flight Crew Type 25
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
After flying a stabilized RNAV RWY XX practice instrument approach to ZZZ and a normal flare and landing; the fixed nose gear of the airplane collapsed and the plane skidded to a halt on the runway. I believe that the landing gear failed because the strut suffered metal fatigue at or near its weld adjacent to the engine frame.
SR22 pilot reported a nose gear collapse on landing and suspects metal fatigue caused the strut failure.