Just going on a little bit from what I said earlier ... I read one of the "That Worst Day" things in Flyer the otehr month.
Gist was it was a perfectly OK pilot of mature years in a C172 or such, retired heavy metal driver and such high credentials and but on (or under) whom the nosewheel collapsed during a perfect greaser of a landing.
What had he done wrong ???
Ans = nothing other than use an aeroplane that somebody had previously "wheelbarrowed" but was afraid to own up to.
Cost £1700 not a chance .. engine, prop and front fuselage stripdown and rebuild or replace ... try nearer £10,000.
