PVT PLT OF A PIPER PA28-200 HAD PROP STRIKE DURING LNDG TOUCH DOWN DUE TO THE LNDG GEAR NOT BEING FULLY EXTENDED.

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FLYING ARROW (PA28200R) SOLO; PRACTICING ILS APCHS. ON SECOND LNDG; LOWERED NOSE AND HEARD LOUD NOISE. PULLED UP NOSE; CHKED WHEELS DOWN -- 3 GREENS. LANDED AND ROLLED OUT WITHOUT FURTHER ABNORMAL SOUNDS. AS I ROLLED OUT AND PULLED OFF THE ACTIVE RWY; I PARKED MOMENTARILY BECAUSE I HAD AN AUDIBLE ALARM. TAXIED TO HANGAR WHERE MECHS WERE WORKING. SHUT THE PLANE DOWN AND ONE OF THE MECHS STEPPED UP ON WING AND ANNOUNCED THE PROP WAS BENT. AFTER LNDG; I WROTE OUT A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS AS I REMEMBER THEM. I REMEMBER HITTING ON MAIN WHEELS BEFORE NOISE. WE HAVE RECONSTRUCTED WHAT MUST HAVE HAPPENED AS FOLLOWS: DID NOT LOWER WHEELS. I REMEMBER CHKING PUMP ON AND LNDG LIGHT. I DO NOT REMEMBER 3 GREENS. WHAT I REMEMBER MAY HAVE BEEN CLOUDED BY FIRST LNDG. XING THE THRESHOLD; I CUT THE PWR BACK; WHICH MUST HAVE CAUSED THE AUTOMATIC SYS TO LOWER WHEELS. NO ALARM SOUNDED. LANDED ON MAIN WHEELS; WHICH MECH SAYS WILL DEPLOY FASTER THAN NOSEWHEEL. LOWERING NOSE WITHOUT NOSEWHEEL FULLY DEPLOYED IS ONLY EXPLANATION FOR NOSE LOW ENOUGH TO STRIKE PROP. WHEN I PULLED UP IT ALLOWED NOSEWHEEL TO FULLY DEPLOY. AS I WRITE THIS (SEP/XA/99) THE ARPT IS ASSESSING THE DAMAGE; WITH NO VISIBLE UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE. OBVIOUS BENT PROP. SUBSEQUENT TO THE INCIDENT; I WAS FILLING OUT THE INSURANCE RPT; AND DISCOVERED MY BI-ANNUAL WAS FRESH (WITHIN DATE) BUT MY MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED. GETTING A MEDICAL NOW.