RV-6
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26.5; Flight Crew Total 2800; Flight Crew Type 250
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
During roll out after landing; nose gear failed. Nose abruptly dropped causing aircraft to pitch over and stand on the spinner. Propeller struck the ground. Left wing leading edge and wingtip damaged. Van's aircraft just came out with a different design for the nose gear; there are also some after-market modifications that could be a better design.
RV6 pilot reported nose gear failure on landing.