Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 1800; Flight Crew Type 30
Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Airport; Human Factors
Cleared to land by Tower on Runway 20. Student handling aircraft controls; rounded out too high owing to visual illusion from 'wider than usual runway'. Instructor added forward pressure to elevator control on two occasions; once on short final and once again during flare to minimize sink rate. Instructor failed to add power - initial approach had been too high so power had been reduced to idle. [We had a] hard landing on main wheels followed by 'normal' roll out for around 1;000 FT to exit on Taxiway C. On clearing the active runway with minimal braking and just prior to performing 'after landing procedures'; nose wheel collapsed causing a prop strike; ground speed almost zero. Aircraft engine secured; especially fuel. No injuries to either occupant. Ground Control advised. Aircraft recovered by local FBO and towed to apron.
Technam Sierra Instructor pilot describes a hard night landing that results in nose gear collapse as the aircraft is taxied off the runway.