ACFT OUT OF FUEL -- FORCED LNDG WITH DAMAGE.

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NORMAL PREFLT AND WALKAROUND INSPECTION. VFR NIGHT FLT NO VISUAL FUEL INSPECTION. I DETERMINED THAT I HAD 2 1/2 TO 2 3/4 HRS OF FLYING TIME BY THE FUEL GAUGES. PLANNED A FLT TO Y01 (WAUKON) 60 MI IN DISTANCE ONE WAY. THE FLT WAS PLANNED FOR 1 HR 45 MINS. I LANDED AT Y01 AFTER 45 MINS OF FLT; DID NOT REFUEL. FROM Y01 I TOOK OFF WITH 2 HRS OF FUEL ON BOARD FOR RETURN TO DBQ. 10 MI FROM DBQ I CALLED TWR FOR CLRNC. DBQ TWR GAVE CLRNC AND WANTED A 3 MI RPT. UPON REACHING 7-8 MI FROM THE ARPT THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. I THEN CHKED ALL OF MY GAUGES TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE PROB. I DID NOT FIND THE PROB WITH MY GAUGES. MY FUEL GAUGE STILL READ 1 1/2 HRS OF FUEL. I THEN MADE ANOTHER CONTACT WITH DBQ TWR. I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A FORCED LNDG. AT THIS TIME I HAD NO PWR. I ESTABLISHED MY BEST GLIDE SPD AND CONTINUED LOOKING FOR A PROB. AT 1600 FT I ESTABLISHED AN OPEN AREA TO LAND. AS I APCHED THE LNDG AREA I NOTICED IT WAS CLUTTERED WITH TREES. I THEN MADE A 180 DEG TURN TO AN ALTERNATE LNDG SPOT. I WAS TOO LOW TO FINISH MY TURN AND TRIED TO LEVEL THE PLANE OFF. SECONDS BEFORE I TOUCHED DOWN STALL HORN CAME ON AND I LANDED ON THE L WHEEL AND NOSEWHEEL. THE NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED AND I SKIDDED TO A STOP. I THEN CONTACTED DBQ TWR AGAIN AND TOLD THEM I WAS DOWN SAFE AND GAVE THEM THE LOCATION. AS FAR AS WHAT I BELIEVE CAUSED THE PROB; WAS MY TRUST IN THE FUEL GAUGES. SINCE I COULD NOT SEE TO VISUALLY CHK THE FUEL I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE PLANE FILLED. BY FILLING THE PLANE I KNOW I WOULD HAVE HAD PLENTY OF FUEL.