Date: 202101
Local time of day: 1201-1800
Location: ZZZ.Tower, US
Flight conditions: VMC
Weather elements / visibility: 10
Light: Daylight
Aircraft: PA-46 Malibu Meridian
Operator: Personal
Operating under: Part 91
Flight plan: IFR
Mission: Personal
Flight phase: Landing
Airspace: Class C ZZZ
Aircraft component: Nose Gear
Component problem: Failed
Reporter organization: Personal
Reporter function: Single Pilot; Pilot Flying
Reporter qualification: Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Private; Other High Perf; Cmplex; Hi Alt
Anomaly: Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Ground Excursion Runway
Detector: Person Flight Crew
When detected: In-flight
Result: Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Contributing factors: Aircraft
Primary problem: Aircraft

Narrative: On DATE; Aircraft X was scheduled to depart on a two leg cross county trip from ZZZ to ZZZ1.  The trip was slated to depart at XA:30 but was delayed approximately 50 minutes due to unforeseen complications dealing with one of the aircraft preflight checklist items.  While checking the tire pressure of the landing gear tires; it was discovered that the left main landing gear tire valve stem was inaccessible due to the hub cap being installed incorrectly.  There is a small access door that allows access to the valve stem through the hub cap and the hub cap was clocked in the wrong position rendering the valve stem inaccessible.  A local A&P Service Center was contacted and on-site service was requested to remove the hubcap and re-clock.  An A&P responded to the location and removed the hub cap.  He asked to confirm the POH air pressure requirements; and continued to top off the air pressure per the POH.  The hub cap was replaced in the correct position.  All tire air pressures were serviced per the POH.  This was the last remaining check list item to be completed; and Aircraft X departed ZZZ2 at XB:20 en route to ZZZ3 for the first leg of the trip.  The taxi; take off; landing; and post landing taxi phases were normal.  On DATE; Aircraft X departed ZZZ2 on the second leg of this cross country trip to ZZZ1.  Taxi and takeoff were normal.  The trip was uneventful.  IMC conditions existed over ZZZ1 during our arrival time; with unknown tops and 4;400 ft. ceilings.  VMC conditions existed below the ceiling with winds reported variable at 3 kts.  The RNAV GPS approach was requested and granted into ZZZ1.  Following the approach; the main landing gear touched down with the aircraft near center line just beyond the extended threshold. The aircraft responded as expected upon main gear touchdown.  When the nose landing gear touched down the plane veered hard to the right.  Left rudder pedal was used to counter the uncommanded right turn and the plane veered left and immediately began skidding to the left.  The plane did not respond to input and skidded off the runway just short of taxiway F; into the landscaped area immediately adjacent to the runway.  The nose wheel collapsed while the engine was still running and dropped the spinning prop to the ground.  It was immediately obliterated.  The turbine engine abruptly quit running.  When the plane swerved to the right following the nose wheel touch down; the plane immediately felt unstable.  It felt as if the runway was icy and without good traction.  However; it was later determined there was no ice on the runway.  I advised the tower when the plane came to a complete stop that I had just hit ice.  This event duration happened extremely quick.  There were no injuries.  There was no known airport property damage observed.  There is no other property damage.  Emergency crews showed up quickly.  The aircraft did not catch on fire.  Emergency crews did not deploy any foam.  The ELT activated.  The airbag seat belts did not deploy.  Environmental observation:  Prior to decent; and while in cruise at FL270; I had been observing the OAT slowly creep down from around -45c to a max low of -51c.  The minimum in-flight temperature limitation of this aircraft is -54c.  When the temperature dropped to around -49c; I became acutely aware and concerned of the temperature as I knew I was approaching the maximum lower limit.  I advised ATC I needed lower due to temperature limitations and they advised expect lower in three minutes.  I was then instructed to descend to FL250.  The temperature increased to above -49c.  Shortly thereafter; the decent into the terminal area required a rapid descent of roughly 2;000 FPM.




Synopsis: PA46 Meridian pilot reported nose gear collapse on landing; resulting in a runway excursion and damage to the aircraft.