GA small aircraft landed drifting on the nose wheel and it collapsed.

Attributes
ACN	112229
Time
Date	198905
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rbd
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 5 flight time total : 120 flight time type : 5
ASRS Report	112229
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

High wind with a crosswind component. Upon landing, a gust of wind and plane came down hard on the nose gear. It collapsed. It had previously had a considerable amount of nose wheel shimmy. It was over in a matter of seconds and there was no time to take any corrective action.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA LANDED DRIFTING ON THE NOSE WHEEL AND IT COLLAPSED.

Narrative: HIGH WIND WITH A XWIND COMPONENT. UPON LNDG, A GUST OF WIND AND PLANE CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. IT COLLAPSED. IT HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. IT WAS OVER IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND THERE WAS NO TIME TO TAKE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.