On April 16, 2003, at 1250 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182P, N21520, was substantially damaged while landing at the Virginia Tech Airport (BCB), Blacksburg, Virginia. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the pilot, he had attempted three landings to runway 30, a 4,539-foot long, 100-foot wide, asphalt runway. The first two attempts resulted in a go-around. During the third landing attempt, the airplane touched down hard and bounced back into the air. The airplane touched down hard again, with the propeller striking the runway, before coming to rest upright on the runway. When a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector examined the wreckage, he observed substantial damage to the engine compartment firewall. The inspector did not observe any mechanical deficiencies with the airplanes flight controls. The pilot reported 80 hours of total flight experience in make and model airplane. The winds recorded at a nearby airport about the time of accident, were from 270 degrees at 5 knots.