MOONEY 20 PILOT REPORTS HARD LANDING AFTER NIGHT VISUAL APPROACH CAUSING AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND PROP STRIKE. WIND GUST IS CITED AS POSSIBLE CAUSE.

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APCH ADVISED 'EXPECT VISUAL APCH.' FIELD IN SIGHT; I CANCELED IFR AND ENTERED THE L PATTERN VIA 45 DEG ENTRY TO DOWNWIND. ATC ADVISED 'WINDS CALM' AND I NOTED A LIMP WINDSOCK ON THE FIELD; PREVIOUS WIND HAD BEEN FROM 30-45 DEGS. I NOTED A SLIGHT WIND PUSHING ME INTO THE RWY; SO I CRABBED OUT TO KEEP THE DISTANCE. TURNED BASE AND FINAL. ON FINAL; THE WIND DRIFT SEEMED TO BE ABATING. BY SHORT FINAL; NO CRAB ANGLE WAS REQUIRED; ALIGNMENT GOOD; SPD ON; DSCNT RATE GOOD. I CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AND THE ACFT WAS SETTLING NICELY. I FLARED AND WAITED FOR THE WHEELS TO SQUEAK. BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN; THE NOSE ROSE ABRUPTLY; BLOCKING MY VIEW OF THE RWY LIGHTS AT THE FAR END OF THE FIELD; AND THE ACFT YAWED TO THE R. I ADDED PWR; L AILERON AND SLIGHT NOSE DOWN AND L WING AND NOSE CAME DOWN. I PULLED THE PWR AND THE R MAIN TIRE TOUCHED DOWN HARD. THE NOSEWHEEL HIT NEXT; ACCOMPANIED BY A SCRAPING SOUND. THE L MAIN TOUCHED DOWN HARD. NOT KNOWING WHAT THE SCRAPING SOUND WAS (FEARING A PROP STRIKE) AND BEING ON THE GND WITH DIRECTIONAL CTL; I CHOSE TO KEEP THE ACFT ON THE GND. UPON STOPPING THE ENG; A PROP STRIKE WAS CONFIRMED. IN ADDITION; THE R INNER AND OUTER GEAR DOORS ARE BENT; THE L INNER GEAR DOOR IS BENT AND THE BOTTOM SHOCK DISK IN THE NOSE GEAR HAS BEEN RUPTURED. I BELIEVE THAT A GUST OF WIND ARRIVED JUST AFTER I FLARED FOR LNDG. I HAD ENCOUNTERED NO GUSTS AND WAS NOT PREPARED FOR IT. IN HINDSIGHT; I SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED THE GPS RWY 6 APCH FROM ATC. THE LONGER FINAL APCH LEG MIGHT HAVE REVEALED THE GUSTY CONDITION; WHICH MIGHT HAVE PERMITTED ME TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR WHAT AWAITED ME AT THE RWY.