A C310 LANDS WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTLY RETRACTED; LNDG ON MAINS ONLY AT ANE; MN.

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THE ACFT WAS SIGNED OFF; THE WX WAS PERFECT AND I FELT READY TO FLY. A WK PRIOR I HAD PREFLTED THE ACFT; DRAINED THE FUEL SUMPS AND FILLED AND ROTATED THE TIRES. THE DAY OF THE FLT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO DO A GOOD PREFLT. I DID NOT NOTICE ANY DISCREPANCY EXCEPT THAT I NEEDED (WANTED) TO TOP OFF THE FUEL TANKS. (I ALWAYS FILL THEM FULL.) AFTER FUELING WE TAXIED BACK AND DID A GOOD RUN-UP. IT HAD BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE THE ACFT HAD BEEN STARTED OR FLOWN. ENGS PERFORMED NORMALLY. WE TOOK OFF FROM ANE FOR A LCL (WITHIN 20 MI) FLT; RETRACTED GEAR AND SLOWLY PULLED BACK THE PWR. STAYING BELOW THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AT THE PROPER SPD WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS. THE GEAR CAME UP BUT EVEN AT THAT TIME I FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. WE THEN FLEW TO STP ARPT FOR A LOOK AT THE CITY AND A TOUCH AND GO. I OBTAINED THE ATIS; CALLED MY POS AND THEN LATER; A 3 MI FINAL. THEY NOTICED THAT I WAS HIGH AND THAT WAS BECAUSE I DID NOT GET A GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT WHEN I PLACED THE HANDLE DOWN. I TRIED TO RECYCLE BECAUSE I THOUGHT I MAY HAVE JUST HAD A SWITCH NOT MAKING CONTACT. THIS DID NOT WORK SO I DID A LOW APCH SO THEY COULD TELL ME WHAT THEY SAW. THEY SAW THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN. I WANTED THEN TO GET OUT OF THEIR AIRSPACE SINCE THE AIRSPACE IS MUCH MORE CROWDED AND CLOSER TO MSP. I HAD MY PAX READ THE EMER CHKLIST AND THEN JUST LISTENED AND THOUGHT THROUGH MY ACTIONS. THEN I REVIEWED THEM MYSELF; THEN I WENT THROUGH AGAIN AND TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH THEM. I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND I RETURNED TO ANE FOR ANOTHER TWR FLY-BY. SAME INDICATIONS. I WENT UP N AWAY FROM THE FIELD TO BURN UP THE GAS IN THE TANKS CLOSEST TO THE CABIN. I TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF; CALLED THE TWR TO GET ADDITIONAL INFO FROM AN FBO; AND HAD A CHASE PLANE LOOK ME OVER. I FINALLY DECLARED MY EMER AND CAME IN AND LANDED ACCORDING TO THE HANDBOOK. I DID TRY TO STOP MY ENGS THOUGH I WAS ABLE TO FEATHER BOTH PROPS AND SPIN THEM HORIZ WITH THE STARTER. I LANDED AND HELD THE NOSE AS LONG AS I DARED THEN SET IT DOWN EASY. THE ACFT WAS NOT BADLY DAMAGED AND MY PAX EVACED AS I HAD BRIEFED THEM. CFR WAS WAITING AND THE ARPT WAS CLOSED FOR A SHORT TIME. I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THE DOORS ON THE GEAR WERE NOT SEQUENCED WITH THE GEAR ITSELF. I DID A THOROUGH VISUAL CHK OF THE GEAR; DOORS AND GEAR WELL PRIOR TO FLT.