CAPT OF AN A300 AIRBUS MOMENTARILY LOST VERT ACFT CTL DURING LNDG WHEN THE ACFT BOUNCED AND THEN LANDED HARD WITH A HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE STRIKING THE TAILSKID.

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WE WERE HELD HIGH FOR CONFLICTING TFC AND ENDED UP WITH A STEEP FINAL. HOWEVER; WE WERE DEFINITELY IN THE SLOT APCHING THE RWY. PWR UP; AIRSPD STABILIZED AT 140 KIAS; SINK RATE 800 FPM; AND VASI RED OVER WHITE. SPOILERS WERE ARMED -- I NORMALLY LAND WITH SPOILERS ARMED. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS VERY SMOOTH HOWEVER; BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO BOUNCE AN A300 WITH SPOILERS ARMED. THE BOUNCE WAS SLIGHT SO I DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE A SECOND LNDG; I JUST HELD THE SAME ATTITUDE AND LET THE ACFT SETTLE BY ITSELF WITH NO ATTEMPT TO CUSHION THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN. THE SECOND AND FINAL TOUCHDOWN WAS A BIT FIRM BUT STILL WITHIN THE REALM OF BEING NORMAL. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE SPOILERS DEPLOYED AND THE NOSE PITCHED UP; WHICH IT NORMALLY DOES WITH SPOILERS ARMED; HOWEVER; IT PITCHED UP MUCH MORE RAPIDLY THAN NORMAL. THIS SURPRISED ME AND I GUESS I WAS A BIT SLOW TO REACT. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE TAILSKID KISSED THE RWY. I SAY KISSED; BECAUSE I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE THAT THE SKID HAD CONTACTED THE RWY. THE ONLY WAY I FOUND OUT WAS THAT A FLT ATTENDANT RIDING AFT RPTED HEARING A SCRAPING SOUND DURING THE LNDG ROLLOUT. AFTER GATE ARR; WE INSPECTED THE SKID AND NOTED THAT ABOUT 2 INCHES OF PAINT HAD BEEN SCRAPED OFF. I WROTE IT UP. THE MAINT SIGNOFF INDICATED THAT THE ONLY CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIRED WAS TO TOUCH UP THE SKID WITH PAINT. I LEARNED 2 THINGS FROM THIS EXPERIENCE: 1) AN A300 CAN BOUNCE WITH SPOILERS ARMED. 2) THE NORMAL SLIGHT PITCH-UP ON SPOILER DEPLOYMENT BECOMES MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED AFTER RECOVERING FROM A BOUNCE.