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Approaching the airport from the south, I entered a left downwind for runway 26 and put the gear down, at which time I noticed 3 green lights. Then I performed a normal traffic pattern approach starting at or near tpa of 1881 feet. Autopilot and yaw dampers were off. On final, I put the flaps full down and confirmed 3 green and was at normal speed on final of 80-85 knots. I touched down on the main gear and then when the nose gear touched down, I attempted to use the rudder pedals as normal to maintain directional control, but I quickly noticed the airplane was pulling me off the left and the rudder pedals were not working. I then realized the nose gear had collapsed and the prop had struck. I was veering off to the left onto the grass and I applied full right pedal to try to correct this, but this did not help. The airplane hit a ditch and came to a full stop with the engine not running. There was no fire and I was unharmed. I shut down the airplane and exited it. The airplane was in one piece, but I noticed the prop, cowling, nose gear, left wing and flap were badly damaged.