A C172 STUDENT PLT PORPOISES ON LNDG AND EXPERIENCES A PROP STRIKE AT ICT; KS.

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RECEIVED CLRNC FROM THE ICT TWR TO DO A TOUCH-AND-GO. AFTER LEVELING AIRPLANE; LOOKED AGAIN UNDER L WING; MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS CLR AND MADE A L TURN ONTO FINAL. I WAS A LITTLE HIGH; PULLED BACK ON PWR. SPD 75 KTS. MADE THE DECISION TO USE FULL FLAPS; PUT THE LAST 10 DEGS OF FLAPS. EVERYTHING WAS LOOKING GOOD; WAS LINED UP WITH THE CTR OF THE RWY. AIRSPD REMAINING BTWN 70-72 KTS. I MADE A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE INSTS. SPD 72 KTS. I LOOKED DOWN THE RWY; WENT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT; PULLED BACK A LITTLE ON THE NOSE; WENT INTO THE FLARE AS THE SPD WAS BLEEDING OFF. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON THE MAIN WHEELS; DID NOT HEAR THE STALL WARNING HORN AT ALL. ONCE I BOUNCED; ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS CTL THE AIRPLANE. THINKING IN THE BACK OF MY MIND; MY INSTRUCTOR SAYING; REMEMBER FLY THE PLANE FIRST. I FOCUSED ON THE SURROUNDINGS OUTSIDE THE AIRPLANE. TOOK THE SECOND BOUNCE ON THE MAIN WHEELS. THE THIRD BOUNCE IS WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL HIT; THE AIRPLANE SLOWED DOWN. I WAS ABLE AT THAT TIME TO BRING THE PLANE TO A SLOW TAXIING SPD. I KNEW THAT SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT; IT FELT AS IF THE FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. MY JUDGEMENT AT THAT POINT WAS THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT SAFE TO FLY. STARTED TO EXIT THE RWY AT TXWY A7; WHEN ICT TWR STATED THAT I COULD SWITCH OVER TO GND. EXITED RWY; CROSSED OVER THE HOLD LINES; BROUGHT THE AIRPLANE TO A FULL STOP. PUSHED IN THE CARB HEAT AND PLACED THE FLAPS BACK INTO TAXIING POS. CONTACTED ICT GND; RECEIVED PERMISSION TO TAXI BACK AND PARKED AIRPLANE. USED CHKLIST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS BACK INTO PROPER POS. I DID NOT REALIZE THERE WAS ANY PROP DAMAGE UNTIL THE SVC PERSONNEL STATED THAT THE PROP HAD BEEN DAMAGED. IF THIS SIT WAS TO OCCUR AGAIN; I WOULD NOT USE FULL FLAPS UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. I WOULD TAKE THE OPTION OF GIVING THE AIRPLANE PWR AND DO A GAR. I KNOW THAT MY INSTRUCTOR HAS TOLD ME SEVERAL TIMES THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO LAND THE AIRPLANE; THAT I DO HAVE THE OPTION TO GIVE IT PWR AND GO AROUND. I WAS SO TUNED INTO LNDG THE AIRPLANE; THAT I DID NOT TAKE THE OPTION OF GOING AROUND.