Incident Overview
A Cessna 172 aircraft experienced a hard landing followed by four bounces, with the final touchdown occurring nosewheel first, resulting in a propeller strike on the runway surface.
Pilot Account
The pilot reported that since the aircraft was high on approach, he adjusted the flight controls for a rapid descent and intercepted the visual glideslope on short final. At that point, the flaps were fully deployed and the throttle was at idle. Over the runway, the pilot initiated the landing flare but flared too high, causing a hard landing. The aircraft then bounced approximately four times, with each bounce becoming more violent. On the last bounce, the airplane touched down nosewheel first, and the propeller struck the runway. The pilot added that there were no problems with the airplane, and that the runway was twice as long and twice as wide as his home runway, leading him to initiate the landing flare too high.