# Incident 20251211019889I: Piper PA-28R-200, Buckeye, AZ, December 11, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2025, 17:00 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4225° N, 112.6862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKEYE MUNI (BXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4225&lon=-112.6862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3072R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3072R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 441 in this make and model, 268 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251211019889I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT THE PILOT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT SPECIFICALLY RECALL EACH INDIVIDUAL CHECKLIST ITEM AT THE TIME OF LANDING. THE PILOT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY DID NOT OBSERVE ANY KNOWN MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.  THE PILOT DID NOT RECALL ANY UNUSUAL DISTRACTIONS BEYOND NORMAL COCKPIT WORKLOAD ASSOCIATED WITH FLIGHT OPERATIONS.  THE PILOT EXPRESSED THAT THE EVENT REINFORCED THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON CHECKLIST DISCIPLINE AND CONFIGURATION AWARENESS DURING APPROACH AND LANDING.

## Other reports on N3072R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19731008031219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731008031219A), Oct 8, 1973: Piper PA28R200 (N3072R), Lehighton, PA, Substantial damage. L mag found loose had been shifting 1 1/4IN on the mounting flange.t/d in a muddy fld hit deep rut

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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