Incident Summary
An aircraft experienced a hard landing and subsequent porpoising during a landing attempt on runway 30, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear.
Sequence of Events
The landing was conducted in gusty left crosswind conditions. The pilot reported that during the landing flare, he reduced power too rapidly, attributing this to his preoccupation with the crosswind. As a result, the aircraft contacted the runway hard on the main landing gear and bounced.
During the bounce recovery, the pilot stated that he did not apply sufficient back pressure on the elevator control. This led to a porpoising motion, characterized by several oscillations of the aircraft.
Following these oscillations, the nose landing gear collapsed.