PLT LOST CTL OF ACFT DURING LNDG IN A XWIND. LNDG PROC XWIND LNDG. ACFT DAMAGED.

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LEFT FRYEBURG; ME (B20); FOR BADER FIELD ARPT; ATLANTIC CITY; NJ. UNEVENTFUL VFR FLT WITH FLT FOLLOWING. CLRED TO LAND BY TEMPORARY TWR (EXPO) ON RWY 29 AND WAS ADVISED THAT WIND WAS 210 DEGS AT 12 KTS; GUSTING TO 20 KTS. RWY 22 WAS BEING USED FOR THE EXPO'S STATIC DISPLAY AND WAS NOT AVAILABLE. FINAL APCH WAS ON THE CTRLINE USING THE CROSS CTLS (SLIP) METHOD. A QUICK PEEK AT THE WINDSOCK INDICATED THAT IT WAS OUT STRAIGHT AND EVEN SLANTING UPWARD WITH A PRETTY DIRECT XWIND. TOUCHDOWN WAS FINE BUT IT TOOK COMPLETE R RUDDER; AS FAR AS IT WOULD GO. IMMEDIATELY AFTER BOTH MAIN WHEELS WERE DOWN (BUT APPARENTLY NOT THE NOSEWHEEL?) THE PLANE STARTED TURNING L INTO THE WIND. I CONTINUED HARD R RUDDER; THE NOSEWHEEL HITS; (OR GETS ENOUGH WEIGHT ON IT) AND IS AT A BAD ANGLE TO MY DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT; CAUSING THE PLANE TO LURCH FORWARD; CAUSING THE PROP STRIKE. I GOT THE PLANE UNDER CTL AND TAXIED TO PARKING. HOW THIS EXPENSIVE LESSON COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IS BY GOING AROUND AND WAITING FOR THE WIND TO DROP A LITTLE OR DIVERTING TO ATLANTIC CITY INTL WHERE THERE WERE RWYS FAVORABLE TO THE WIND. I'M AFRAID I MAY HAVE BEEN INTIMIDATED BY THE TFC AND TEMPORARY EXPO TWR; AND DIDN'T WANT TO GAR. NEVER AGAIN. ALSO; I COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB ON THE RUDDERS AND WILL BE TAKING RECURRENT TRAINING FOR SAME. I HAVE FLOWN A C182 TO ALASKA; AND THE BAHAMAS AND EXPERIENCED VARIOUS XWIND LNDGS. THIS IS THE FIRST PROB I'VE HAD. I MAY HAVE BEEN SO PLEASED AT THE TOUCHDOWN THAT I STOPPED FLYING THE PLANE?