PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Sea; Flight Crew Rotorcraft; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15; Flight Crew Total 3300; Flight Crew Type 1400
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Aircraft
After engine run-up checklist was complete and 3 green landing light indicators visually confirmed; I applied full power on Runway XX for a visual departure. The aircraft accelerated to about 60 kts IAS and I began applying back pressure to the elevator. Before getting to Vr; the nose gear suddenly collapsed and retracted; causing the nose of the aircraft to drop. The result was the prop striking the asphalt pavement. I immediately reduced power to idle and maintained the aircraft in a straight ahead path; allowing speed to bleed off. Ultimately the bottom cowling struck the pavement after I cut the mixture to full lean in attempt to stop the engine. I then veered the aircraft to the right in an attempt to clear the runway; but the aircraft came to a rapid stop as soon as it hit the grass. There were no injuries and no damage to the property of others. As of the time of this filing; the cause of the landing gear failure has not yet been determined.
PA-32R pilot reported the nose landing gear collapsed on takeoff roll.