Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 2 Eng; Retractable Gear
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Engineer; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12; Flight Crew Total 24750; Flight Crew Type 1200
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Aircraft
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.
GA pilot reported being notified by ATC that the nose wheel separated on take-off.