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(-23) ON 6/23/2005 AT 1720 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N46541, A CE-152, WHEN HE MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 AT GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (4G1). THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD PANELS OF THE RIGHT WING, THE MASSAGER, PROPELLER, COWLING, FIREWALL, AND LOWER FORWARD FUSELAGE. THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED BY TENSION APPLIED TO THE RUDDER CABLES WHEN THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND SO HE COULD MAKE THE MID FIELD TURNOFF BECAUSE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD LANDED BEFORE HIM, OCCUPIED THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IN THE PROCESS OF FORCING THE LANDING, HE INDUCED A PORPOISING PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATION, BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT THREE TIMES, WHICH HE DID NOT RECOVER FROM. HE STATED THAT ON THE THIRD IMPACT, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED, AND THE NOSE AND PROPELLER OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE AS THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS NOT A FACTOR. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, THE RUNWAY WAS DRY, AND THE VISIBILITY AND CEILING WERE UNRESTRICTED.