A C182 ON TKOF ROLL LEFT THE GND PREMATURELY. IN CORRECTING; THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND HAD PROP STRIKE. ELEVATOR CTL FOUND LOOSE.

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DURING TKOF; THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RWY PREMATURELY. I ATTEMPTED TO CTL THE SUDDEN LIFTOFF; BUT THE ELEVATOR CTL OF THE YOKE DID NOT RESPOND AS I THOUGHT IT SHOULD. AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO REGAIN CTL OF THE ACFT; IT STARTED TO BOUNCE. ON THE THIRD AND FINAL BOUNCE; THE AIRPLANE SUFFERED A PROP STRIKE. AT THAT POINT; I WAS AFRAID THAT IF I PULLED THE PWR TO IDLE; I MIGHT HAVE STALLED THE AIRPLANE FROM AN ALT THAT COULD HAVE MADE THE SITUATION EVEN WORSE. I THEN WAS ABLE TO FLY A NORMAL TFC PATTERN AND LAND SAFELY. ALTHOUGH EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL DURING THE PREFLT OF THE AIRPLANE; AFTER THE INCIDENT; THE ELEVATOR CTL APPEARED TO BE QUITE LOOSE. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ACFT IS NOW UNDERWAY. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE TO THE MISHAP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT REPAIR HAS NOT STARTED; AS THE INSURANCE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON REPAIR; ADDING THE DAMAGE WAS LIGHT AS ONLY THE PROP TIPS WERE BENT. THE RPTR INDICATED THE LOOSE ELEVATORS CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCIDENT.