PA-34-200 Seneca I
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 43; Flight Crew Total 260; Flight Crew Type 35
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Excursion Runway
General Evacuated; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
I was doing my commercial check ride. The Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) asked me to do a short field landing. We were coming in on the approach and it was stable and on the glideslope. I tried to land on the 500 foot marker; but when I flared; I landed on all 3 wheels on the runway at the same time. My nose gear collapsed and the propellers hit the ground. The airplane lost directional control and went into the grass.
The pilot of a PA-34 reported a nose landing gear collapse; propeller strike; and runway excursion occurred during a check ride after landing flat on all 3 tires.