Private pilot flying PA-28 aircraft encountered nose gear failure during landing rollout.

Attributes
ACN	1744015
Time
Date	202005
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 116 Flight Crew Type 116
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 0 Flight Crew Total 259 Flight Crew Type 0
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft

Narrative:

I approached the airport for a full-stop landing after an uneventful flight. I had not noticed anything amiss on my extensive preflight inspection. At the conclusion of a stabilized approach through the left downwind for our cleared runway; I touched down on the rear mains; as trained; and slowly released back pressure to allow the nose wheel to contact the runway. I smoothly applied brake pressure and as we slowed down; suddenly; the toe-brake assembly began to vibrate and shake violently; and a thud was heard and a scraping/grinding sound was heard. The runway filled our view as the gear fork ground down and the aircraft nosed-down slightly. My passenger and I immediately performed all emergency shutdown actions and exited the aircraft. We noticed that the tips of the prop had struck the ground upon exit. We made our way off the runway and awaited assistance. The landing had been uneventful aside from those last few moments; and once it happened; it was sudden and frightening; and almost paralyzing. Having a passenger-pilot certainly helped in such a stressful situation. It appears to have been a mechanical failure in the nose-gear.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Private pilot flying PA-28 aircraft encountered nose gear failure during landing rollout.

Narrative: I approached the airport for a full-stop landing after an uneventful flight. I had not noticed anything amiss on my extensive preflight inspection. At the conclusion of a stabilized approach through the left downwind for our cleared runway; I touched down on the rear mains; as trained; and slowly released back pressure to allow the nose wheel to contact the runway. I smoothly applied brake pressure and as we slowed down; suddenly; the toe-brake assembly began to vibrate and shake violently; and a thud was heard and a scraping/grinding sound was heard. The runway filled our view as the gear fork ground down and the aircraft nosed-down slightly. My passenger and I immediately performed all emergency shutdown actions and exited the aircraft. We noticed that the tips of the prop had struck the ground upon exit. We made our way off the runway and awaited assistance. The landing had been uneventful aside from those last few moments; and once it happened; it was sudden and frightening; and almost paralyzing. Having a passenger-pilot certainly helped in such a stressful situation. It appears to have been a mechanical failure in the nose-gear.

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.