Light aircraft pilot reported some damage resulted from an unstabilized approach and hard landing at ZZZ airport.
Synopsis
Light aircraft pilot reported some damage resulted from an unstabilized approach and hard landing at ZZZ airport.
Narrative
I took aircraft X to ZZZ. My two passengers and I started the day at ZZZ2 at XA:00 preflighting. The plan was to practice short field landings at ZZZ1 before possibly moving on to ZZZ3 and/or ZZZ depending on how satisfied I was with the landings. I had minimal time in a 182. I did one full stop and three touch and go's at ZZZ1 and each one was better than the last. Although; on each of them I ended up slightly high and fast on short final resulting in me pulling power to idle and gliding into ground effect before adding power to smooth out the landing. Nevertheless; I felt that my landings met my personal standard enough to safely operate out of ZZZ. During a previous flight to ZZZ with an instructor; I was taught to only take off to the west but that you could land in either direction. Landing to the East consists of a relatively standard left hand traffic pattern. But; there isn't a good go-around option from short final. Landing to the West however; you fly a normal left downwind before dropping over a saddle to the east of the field. Over the saddle; you follow the river on an elongated; angled base leg before turning onto short final when the river bends to parallel the airstrip. There are trees at the threshold; but it shouldn't be a problem for a 2;200 foot strip. It is a blind approach; but enables you to go around if need be.As we overflew the field; I noted that winds were dead calm. Considering my inexperience in this type of aircraft; I elected to land to the West. Determining that if I couldn't fly a stabilized approach to the west; I probably shouldn't be landing here at all and that if that turned out to be the case; I could always go around. As I flew the valley; I aimed too low but didn't realize it until I turned final. I was on speed. This should have sent off mental warnings; but it didn't. I added power and increased my AOA to try and catch something of a normal approach gradient. I'm not positive of my speed although I wouldn't be surprised if I bled off a couple knots trying to arrest my descent (the last anyone in the plane checked my ASI was as I started slowing my descent and I was 3 knots fast). I came over the trees at a relatively shallow angle with a high power setting and high AOA. Unfortunately; I did what I've done hundreds of times in 172s and the last four landings in the 182. I pulled power to idle and pitched over to keep a flying airspeed.Almost immediately; I felt the high descent rate. The rapid loss of lift from pulling power felt almost exactly like a low level stall in a 172. So; I added power at the very least; to arrest our descent. But at that point; I don't think it did much. We landed hard and flat. The nose gear collapsed and the prop dug into the ground as we came to a stop. Thankfully; no one was injured. This event has already been reported.In my opinion; the main cause was my inexperience in the aircraft and my poor decision making in bringing this aircraft to a somewhat difficult airstrip. I should not have been there to begin with; I should have gone around when I first identified I was low; I should have been smoother with my power reduction; and I should have identified issues with my approach much earlier on.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.