Pilot landing C210 balloons and has nose gear retract.

Attributes
ACN	306565
Time
Date	199506
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 2j9
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C, 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 536 flight time type : 12
ASRS Report	306565
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Upon approaching to land at a small, uncontrolled airport with a paved runway. The plane touched down and ballooned back up in the air, upon adding power to soften the second touchdown, the plane bounced up again. The end of the runway was visible, when the power was added for a go around, and the lever to retract the flaps was initiated, but the nosewheel retracted, the plane went over on its nose and slid to a stop at the end of runway. My chkout with the owner of the airplane was 30 mins long with 1 landing and no gars or touch and go's. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter states the aircraft was a cessna 210 and this was strictly pilot error. No problem with placement of flap handle or gear handle. Damage was to the nose gear, propeller, gear doors and front cowling. No FAA follow up.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT LNDG C210 BALLOONS AND HAS NOSE GEAR RETRACT.

Narrative: UPON APCHING TO LAND AT A SMALL, UNCTLED ARPT WITH A PAVED RWY. THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND BALLOONED BACK UP IN THE AIR, UPON ADDING PWR TO SOFTEN THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, THE PLANE BOUNCED UP AGAIN. THE END OF THE RWY WAS VISIBLE, WHEN THE PWR WAS ADDED FOR A GAR, AND THE LEVER TO RETRACT THE FLAPS WAS INITIATED, BUT THE NOSEWHEEL RETRACTED, THE PLANE WENT OVER ON ITS NOSE AND SLID TO A STOP AT THE END OF RWY. MY CHKOUT WITH THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE WAS 30 MINS LONG WITH 1 LNDG AND NO GARS OR TOUCH AND GO'S. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATES THE ACFT WAS A CESSNA 210 AND THIS WAS STRICTLY PLT ERROR. NO PROB WITH PLACEMENT OF FLAP HANDLE OR GEAR HANDLE. DAMAGE WAS TO THE NOSE GEAR, PROP, GEAR DOORS AND FRONT COWLING. NO FAA FOLLOW UP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.