Narrative:

I was descending to land on runway X [but] I was unhappy with my landing set-up. I touched down and immediately bounced the landing. I attempted to do a go-around. This is where I think the problem arose. When I do touch and goes; it is automatic for me to put the flaps up immediately once I land the plane. I believe my muscle memory messed me up. I initiated the go around; carb heat in and full throttle. Instead of waiting to build airspeed and altitude to do 10 degree flap increment retractions; I put them all up at once. It was also gusting that day a bit. It is also possibility that the winds stopped gusting. The mixture of both could have caused my lift to immediately dissipate. At this point; the plane landed back on the runway. The landing was hard; but did not bounce the second time. I pulled the throttle back to idle and remained on the runway. I then proceeded to push throttle back in to initiate takeoff. During my pattern; I noticed the elevator controls were not working optimally. It felt like when you lose your power control steering in your car. I was able to move the yoke forward and pull back on it only a little bit. Also; I had to apply a lot of force to do so. I told tower that I was having flight control issues. On my downwind; tower asked me if I [needed assistance]; I confirmed. A caravan was about 2 miles out to the east from landing on runway X. Tower cleared me for number 2 on landing following the caravan. I then told tower that I needed to land first. I landed the plane only being able to use minimal muscled elevator controls. Upon initial inspection on the external surfaces; there appeared to be no damage except a stiff elevator. I believe that in order to prevent a re-occurrence; I need to practice more go-around procedures and slow flight to break my mistaken muscle memory.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported utilizing improper touch-and-go procedure as well as stiff elevator control.

Narrative: I was descending to land on runway X [but] I was unhappy with my landing set-up. I touched down and immediately bounced the landing. I attempted to do a go-around. This is where I think the problem arose. When I do touch and goes; it is automatic for me to put the flaps up immediately once I land the plane. I believe my muscle memory messed me up. I initiated the go around; carb heat in and full throttle. Instead of waiting to build airspeed and altitude to do 10 degree flap increment retractions; I put them all up at once. It was also gusting that day a bit. It is also possibility that the winds stopped gusting. The mixture of both could have caused my lift to immediately dissipate. At this point; the plane landed back on the runway. The landing was hard; but did not bounce the second time. I pulled the throttle back to idle and remained on the runway. I then proceeded to push throttle back in to initiate takeoff. During my pattern; I noticed the elevator controls were not working optimally. It felt like when you lose your power control steering in your car. I was able to move the yoke forward and pull back on it only a little bit. Also; I had to apply a lot of force to do so. I told Tower that I was having flight control issues. On my downwind; Tower asked me if I [needed assistance]; I confirmed. A Caravan was about 2 miles out to the east from landing on runway X. Tower cleared me for number 2 on landing following the Caravan. I then told Tower that I needed to land first. I landed the plane only being able to use minimal muscled elevator controls. Upon initial inspection on the external surfaces; there appeared to be no damage except a stiff elevator. I believe that in order to prevent a re-occurrence; I need to practice more go-around procedures and slow flight to break my mistaken muscle memory.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.