LTT PLT HITS NOSE WHEEL ON LIP OF RWY ON APCH.

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ACFT WAS ON FINAL FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 30R AT SAN ANTONIO INTL WHEN AN INCREASE IN SINK RATE WAS NOTED BY THE PLT. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS CONSISTED OF ADDING PWR AND INCREASING PITCH. SINK RATE WAS ARRESTED; BUT THE ACFT TOUCHED THE GND APPROX 20 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. AT TOUCHDOWN THE RATE OF DSCNT WAS WITHIN THE LNDG LIMITS FOR THE AIRPLANE. THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RWY LIP AND WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE AIR INCREASING THE ANGLE OF ATTACK OF THE WING AND RESULTING IN THE ACFT BALLOONING INTO THE AIR. THE MAIN LNDG GEAR MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HIT THE RWY LIP. THE ACFT WAS RECOVERED AND RELANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT ON THE RWY. NO GEAR ANOMALIES WERE INDICATED IN THE COCKPIT AND THE ACFT WAS TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP. POST-FLT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSEWHEELS AND REPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE ACFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW. SHORT LNDG WAS THE RESULT OF PLT ERROR. DAMAGE TO THE ACFT WAS THE RESULT OF A SHARP 6 INCH LIP AT THE END OF THE RWY. RECOMMEND THAT ROUNDED RWY LIPS AND SHOULDERS BE CONSIDERED WHEN CONSTRUCTING ARPTS.