This is one of my greatest fears

[flyboy0681]

As careful as I am about speed and flare, I always fear this happening..

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/25/southwest-737-700-nose-gear-laguardia-ntsb/2588015/

[chrisk]

Interesting comments "About 4 seconds prior to touchdown, the plane's pitch was about 2 degrees nose-up, the NTSB revealed. When the plane touched the runway, it was pitched down about 3 degrees, it said." 

 

 

 

[xftrplt]

Keeps me up at night.

[Skywarrior]

Stall or PIO.

[fantom]

As careful as I am about speed and flare, I always fear this happening..

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Real pilots keep it up longer...

[flyboy0681]

Insurance companies pay out a lot in claims for planes which came down on the nose gear, by newly minted pilots and those with thousands of hours. A simple Google search on the subject returns an awful lot of results.

 

Here's one that happened just a few minutes ago to a Bonanza, if the report is correct.

 

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/small-plane-lands-nose-first-at-macarthur-1.5775838

[DAVIDWH]

Trim for hands off on downwind, trim for hands off on base, trim for hands off on final.

 

Flare low, never high and trim nose up, wait.........trim nose up................wait................trim nose up...............wait

 

When mains touch, keep nose wheel off as long as possible. Sleep well.

 

If landing a long body with heavy weight, a little vernier throttle  goes

 

a long way in helping control the forward CG goblins, otherwise power pulled when in ground effect.