Cheetah; Tiger; Traveler AA5 Series
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 9; Flight Crew Total 1115; Flight Crew Type 720
Other / Unknown; Human-Machine Interface
Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Human Factors; Weather
Hard Landing in crab; prop strike; bounce; wingtip strike.Crosswind gust coupled with possible wind shear from right during flare at approximately 5 ft. AGL; insufficient correction / control authority resulted in hard landing in 10-15 degree crab; resulting in bounce with nose high; right wing low; applied left rudder and lowered nose to prevent stall; right wingtip struck runway prior to main gear; aircraft directional control recovered; regained full control; tracked down runway; exited runway at taxiway and taxied to ramp.Caught by surprise by gust/wind shear just prior to / during touchdown after a normal visual approach. Due to hardness of landing and how quickly control was regained I opted to continue the landing rather than execute balked landing / go around. Considering damage to prop discovered after shutdown; I believe not applying power and going around was the right decision.
AA5B Tiger Single Pilot reported momentary loss of control during landing resulting in a prop and wing strike.