Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200; Flight Crew Total 16000; Flight Crew Type 1
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors
After a bounced landing; the aircraft landed too hard on the nose gear; which then partially collapsed. The FAA representative on scene classified the event as an incident.
The pilot of a Sonex experienced a partial nose gear collapse following a bounced landing.