Cheetah; Tiger; Traveler AA5 Series
Flight Crew Student
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 14; Flight Crew Total 221; Flight Crew Type 101
Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness
Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors; Weather
Returning from a solo cross-country. Winds were 9 knots [straight down the runway]. [During] landing; hit left wheel hard; bounced 1-2 times; and then decided to do a go-around; landed without incident. When I parked and shut the engine down; I noticed that the prop tips were bent.
Grumman Tiger pilot reported discovering propeller damage after a hard landing.