A PIPER PA32 ON LNDG ROLLOUT ENCOUNTERED FROST HEAVES ON THE RWY WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR INCURRING DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND NOSE GEAR.

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AT XA05 I ENTERED L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 34 AT CHEFONNAK AT 1000 FT. WX WAS AT LEAST 1500 FT; VISIBILITY 10 MI; WIND OUT OF THE N 10-12 KTS. ON FINAL; I AS SLOWED DOWN TO 90 KTS. I CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AT 70 KTS. I TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 100 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY. ABOUT 20 FT FROM THE RWY END LIGHTS; ROLLED AND BOUNCED OVER THE FIRST FROST HEAVE ABOUT 1 FT IN THE AIR. CAME BACK DOWN ON THE MAINS WITH THE NOSE UP; THEN I LOWERED THE NOSE AND PUT FLAPS UP. THE NOSE KEPT GOING DOWN; PROP STARTED HITTING THE GND; THEN I CUT THE FUEL AND ELECTRICAL WHEN I STARTED SLIDING ON THE NOSE. I STAYED IN THE CTR OF THE RWY AND ROLLED TO A STOP IN ABOUT 400 FT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THE ACFT WAS A PIPER PA32 SARATOGA. THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT HAD INCURRED PREVIOUS NOSE GEAR DAMAGE WHEN STALLED AT 50 FT AND WAS IN THE SHOP FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS. THE RPTR SAID THAT IT APPEARED NOT ALL OF THE NOSE GEAR DAMAGE WAS FOUND OR CORRECTED AS THE GEAR WAS NOT X-RAYED. THE RPTR SAID THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WITH LITTLE OR NO IMPACT AS THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR WITH THE NOSE GEAR HELD OFF. THE RPTR STATED THE PROP; NOSE GEAR STEERING FORKS AND OTHER NOSE GEAR COMPONENTS WERE DAMAGED. THE RPTR SAID THE RWY WAS DIRT; 1800 FT LONG AND 25 FT WIDE; WITH THE FIRST 500 FT AT EACH END OBSTRUCTED WITH FROST HEAVES.