Narrative:

Notified by tower that nose wheel had separated from airplane on takeoff. Recovered on runway. Minor damage to aircraft; no injuries. All seemed normal on preflight and takeoff.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA pilot reported being notified by ATC that the nose wheel separated on take-off.

Narrative: Notified by Tower that nose wheel had separated from airplane on takeoff. Recovered on runway. Minor damage to aircraft; no injuries. All seemed normal on preflight and takeoff.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.