Went flying tonight for night currency

[BobThePilot]

…and promptly landed nose wheel first on my first landing!

I've never done that. Totally sucked. But it was a fairly light hit and the mains plonked on down, no bouncing or any further drama. Thank heavens it's a rental. The other ones were better.



Glad nobody was recording it. Got absolutely no idea how I could do such a stupid thing!!! Didn't do that as a student pilot.

 

[airguy]

It happens. You found the edges of the box. Back away a step or two and continue to dance. Never forget where the edge is located, for it may be critical one day.

 

[BillTIZ]

Might want to check the prop tips in good daylight. Depending on the aircraft I've seen tips with a little light "sanding" from landings like that.

Not good for Cessna firewalls either.

For a "fairly light hit" you may be ok.
I watched a lot of Cessnas do 3 point landings last weekend.

 

[frfly172]

Check the firewall ,it may only seem like a light hit to you. Now I know why I never went into lease back programs.

 

[BobThePilot]

I'm not checking anything. There was no prop contact. It is a rental. I reported the inelegant landing, now it is up to them to deal with it. But there will be no issues. It was basically a flat landing with the nose leading, and was soft too. Basically I flew it into the ground gently. Bit of a wake up call for me to do more night practicing!!!

My night vision seems to be poor these days. I might have to cut back on smoking. It was a dark field out in the sticks, no moon, crappy landing light.

As for those of you who lease back your planes to flight schools, I would personally like to thank you and to encourage you to keep doing that.

Thank you.