# Incident 20250515004919I: New Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Tucson, AZ, May 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: HR8S
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3121V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3121V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: New Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7103201, https://openairdocs.org/model/new-piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 227 total, 227 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250515004919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT WAS COMPLETING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM P03 TO P03 VIA KIWA KHII KTUS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL TO RWY 30 INTO KTUS. FLARE WAS INITIATED AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME; HOWEVER IT RESULTED IN A BOUNCE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING BY INCREASING BACK PRESSURE BUT THE LANDING WAS STILL FLAT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER IMPACTING THE RUNWAY WHILE STILL UNDER POWER.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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