RWY CONDITION SURFACE ROUGHNESS -- PLT LANDS ON A PVT ARPT WITH SOD RWY AND WHILE TAXING ALONG THE RWY HIS NOSE GEAR GOES INTO A HOLE AND THE ACFT IS DAMAGED.

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MY FLYING PROGRAM INCLUDES RECURRENT TRAINING IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF FLT. ON THIS OCCASION; I WAS MAINTAINING CURRENCY IN SOFT-FIELD LNDGS AND TKOFS FROM PUBLIC AND PVT AIRFIELDS. THE AIRFIELDS I HAD SELECTED WERE THOSE I KNEW WELL; AND IN THE CASE OF PVT FIELDS; HAD BEEN INVITED TO USE. I FLEW FROM PLATTSBURG (CLINTON COUNTY) TO SHELBURNE; AND PROCEEDED TO WEST ADDISON. I WAS UNABLE TO GET ANYONE AT WEST ADDISON TO RESPOND TO RADIO COM ATTEMPTS. SO I CAREFULLY SURVEYED THE LNDG STRIP TWICE FROM THE AIR; FLYING LOW ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH -- ONE PASS TO THE N AND THE OTHER TO THE S. I OBSERVED ANOTHER PLANE NEAR THE STRIP; THE WIND SOCK; AND MANY PEOPLE. I EXECUTED A SOFT-FIELD LNDG; AND LANDED NORMALLY. THE RWY WAS MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT I NEEDED FOR LNDG; AND AS I CONTINUED TO TAXI ALONG THE RWY TO A POINT AT WHICH I COULD EXIT; THE NOSEWHEEL CAUGHT IN A MUDDY HOLE AND DROPPED. I QUICKLY CUT THE IGNITION; MASTER; AND EXITED THE PLANE; THEN; A MOMENT LATER; RETURNED AND CUT FUEL. WHAT I DID WRONG: I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY VARIOUS INSTRUCTORS THAT IT IS WISE TO CALL EVERY TIME BEFORE LNDG IN A PVT FIELD; EVEN IF I KNOW IT WELL AND HAVE THE OWNER'S PERMISSION TO LAND. IN THE FUTURE; I INTEND TO RESTRICT MY SOFT-FIELD PRACTICE TO PUBLIC SOFT FIELDS (LIKE THE TURF STRIP AT DUTCHESS COUNTY ARPT-POU; OR PERHAPS SHELBURNE; WHICH IS WELL MAINTAINED AND WIDELY USED). A MORE IMPORTANT LESSON IS THAT; ALTHOUGH I FELT I FOLLOWED PROCS PROPERLY; AND SURVEYED THE FIELD ADEQUATELY; AND HAD ALL THE INDICATORS TO SHOW THE FIELD WAS IN ACTIVE USE (A PLANE NEARBY; A CROWD OF PEOPLE; A WINDSOCK); AND DESPITE THE FACT THE FIELD LOOKED GOOD FROM 2 PASSES ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH -- NONE OF THIS GOOD INFO COULD MAKE THE FIELD SOLID ALONG ITS ENTIRE LENGTH.