Be-23 student pilot and his instructor reported the student lost control of his aircraft after landi...

Attributes
ACN	1249804
Time
Date	201503
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Sundowner 23
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23 Flight Crew Total 81 Flight Crew Type 16
Person 2
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 13800 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Ground Excursion Runway

Narrative:

My plan for the day was to practice landings. It was a clear day without clouds; unrestricted visibility with the winds pretty well in line with the runway. I performed a total of 6 successful normal landings. During the 7th approach everything seemed normal; including the approach speed & altitude; the round-out seemed normal as well. However; as I was preparing to touch down; it felt like a bounce. Took evasive action; however; by that time the plane had started to steer to the right; assuming the propeller had struck the pavement causing the oscillation to the right. The momentum forced me into the grass; I still appeared to have some directional control which allowed me to get the plane back onto the runway. The changes in surface from pavement to grass and back to the pavement exacerbated nose wheel damage. There were no injuries or damage to property. The plane's nose gear bent backwards and had to be towed back to the FBO. Everything happened very fast!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE-23 student pilot and his instructor reported the student lost control of his aircraft after landing; resulting in a runway excursion and damage to the nose gear.

Narrative: My plan for the day was to practice landings. It was a clear day without clouds; unrestricted visibility with the winds pretty well in line with the runway. I performed a total of 6 successful normal landings. During the 7th approach everything seemed normal; including the approach speed & altitude; the round-out seemed normal as well. However; as I was preparing to touch down; it felt like a bounce. Took evasive action; however; by that time the plane had started to steer to the right; assuming the propeller had struck the pavement causing the oscillation to the right. The momentum forced me into the grass; I still appeared to have some directional control which allowed me to get the plane back onto the runway. The changes in surface from pavement to grass and back to the pavement exacerbated nose wheel damage. There were no injuries or damage to property. The plane's nose gear bent backwards and had to be towed back to the FBO. Everything happened very fast!

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Be-23 student pilot and his instructor reported the student lost control of his aircraft after landing; resulting in a runway excursion and damage to the nose gear.