What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During a solo cross country flight the student pilot entered a standard traffic pattern for landing on runway 31 at (kmmu), Morristown airport and suffered a hard landing.
Student pilot stated that the aircraft felt a bit high during final approach and proceeded to pitch the nose down to establish a better angle of approach. Student pilot stated that upon landing the aircraft bounced twice. On the second bounce the aircraft hit hard and was above the ground again. At that point student did not feel comfortable landing and performed a go around procedure. The student flew a standard traffic pattern for runway 31 and landed successfully. Upon exiting the runway at taxiway bravo, the student felt the nose wheel wasn?t moving too much. He then informed ground control that he had a flat tire and would not be able to taxi to the west tie down. After shut down, the student noticed that the nose wheel tire was flat and both propeller tips were damaged. The aircraft was towed to the ramp.
As the FAA filed it
DURING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT ENTERED A STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT (KMMU), MORRISTOWN AIRPORT AND SUFFERED A HARD LANDING.
STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FELT A BIT HIGH DURING FINAL APPROACH AND PROCEEDED TO PITCH THE NOSE DOWN TO ESTABLISH A BETTER ANGLE OF APPROACH. STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE. ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND WAS ABOVE THE GROUND AGAIN. AT THAT POINT STUDENT DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE LANDING AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND PROCEDURE. THE STUDENT FLEW A STANDARD TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 31 AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY. UPON EXITING THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY BRAVO, THE STUDENT FELT THE NOSE WHEEL WASN?T MOVING TOO MUCH. HE THEN INFORMED GROUND CONTROL THAT HE HAD A FLAT TIRE AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAXI TO THE WEST TIE DOWN. AFTER SHUT DOWN, THE STUDENT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE WAS FLAT AND BOTH PROPELLER TIPS WERE DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP.