A BEECH A35 ON LNDG EXPERIENCED THE NOSE LNDG GEAR COLLAPSE INCURRING DAMAGE CAUSED BY A BROKEN DOWN LOCK SPRING AND EXTEND ROD.

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MY PLANE; BONANZA; SUFFERED A LNDG GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED ON A VISUAL APCH TO A WELL-MARKED AND MAINTAINED RWY. ALTHOUGH THE FIELD SEEMS TO HAVE A STEADY FLOW OF LIGHT TFC; INCLUDING SCHEDULED CONNECTING SVC; NO INFO ON WIND; ALTIMETER OR TEMP WAS VOLUNTARILY OFFERED ON FREQ. THE ARPT OFFICE WAS STAFFED BY 3 PEOPLE AND WAS EQUIPPED TO BROADCAST YET THE 3 OF US IN THE PATTERN HAD TO SORT OUT OUR SEQUENCE PUTTING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE AND DISTR INTO THE MIX. I BELIEVE MY OCCURRENCE WAS A MECHANICALLY CAUSED EVENT YET KNOWING THE RWY WAS NOT ENTIRELY 'MINE' WHILE ON APCH AND WHEN CTLING THE STRICKEN ACFT TO A HALT WAS A NEEDLESS DISTR. THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT AND NO PERSONAL INJURY. NO NTSB RPT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS LNDG INCIDENT. THE PLANE WAS JACKED UP; GEAR WERE LOCKED; AND WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE LNDG WAS NORMAL AND SMOOTH WITH NO INDICATION THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNSAFE. THE RPTR SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS JACKED UP AND THE LNDG GEAR PINNED AND TOWED TO THE RAMP. THE RPTR STATED THE GEAR WAS CHKED AND FOUND TO HAVE THE DOWN LOCK SPRING BROKEN AND THE BELLCRANK EXTEND ROD END BROKEN. THE RPTR STATED THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE PROP; ENG AND BELLY SKIN.