RV9A pilot reported nose gear failure resulting in a gear up landing and prop strike.

Attributes
ACN	1666701
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	RV-9
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Captain Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3.6 Flight Crew Total 400 Flight Crew Type 180
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Gear Up Landing
Miss Distance	Vertical 0

Narrative:

Upon takeoff on runway 21L; my nose wheel collapsed and I believe I struck my propeller on the runway. I was able to [advise ATC]; climb 200 feet above ground level and circle to land on runway 21L. I landed with full flaps; and held the base of the plane high. As the plane slowed; the nose dropped to the runway. The propeller ground in to the runway. The plane came to a stop. I turned off all of the electronics; and then after realizing that there was no fire; I turned the main power on and the communications on. I reported my position to the tower and requested assistance removing the air-plane. They told me that an emergency vehicle was on the way. The emergency vehicle arrived. The driver and I cleaned up debris from the runway. The driver was asked if the emergency was over and he said yes. A few minutes later; a pickup truck arrived and was able to tow the plane to a fixed based operator.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RV9A pilot reported nose gear failure resulting in a gear up landing and prop strike.

Narrative: Upon takeoff on Runway 21L; my nose wheel collapsed and I believe I struck my propeller on the runway. I was able to [advise ATC]; climb 200 feet above ground level and circle to land on Runway 21L. I landed with full flaps; and held the base of the plane high. As the plane slowed; the nose dropped to the runway. The propeller ground in to the runway. The plane came to a stop. I turned off all of the electronics; and then after realizing that there was no fire; I turned the main power on and the communications on. I reported my position to the Tower and requested assistance removing the air-plane. They told me that an emergency vehicle was on the way. The emergency vehicle arrived. The driver and I cleaned up debris from the runway. The driver was asked if the emergency was over and he said yes. A few minutes later; a pickup truck arrived and was able to tow the plane to a fixed based operator.

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.