# Accident 20010722017189A: Piper PA38112, Auburn, CA, July 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2001, 09:47 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9548° N, 121.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (AUN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9548&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2572N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2572N-2011-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Pilot certificates: Student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010722017189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED FRESNO, CLAIFORNIA, ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO AUBURN AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT OVERFLEW AUBURN AIRPORT AND DETERMINED THAT THE WIND WAS LIGHT AND DIRECTLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 25.  ON FINAL, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A DOWNDRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING.  DURING THE LANDING PHASE, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N2572N (2)

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

- [Accident 20081011848459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081011848459A), Oct 11, 2008: Piper PA38112 (N2572N), Fresno, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On oct 11, 2008 at approx 1745 PDT a Piper PA-38, N2572N, with a private pilot operating the controls, solo, hit a cargo truck while on approach to…
- [Accident 20000114000239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000114000239A), Jan 14, 2000: Piper PA38112 (N2572N), Kernville, CA, Substantial damage. (.19) On January 14, 2000, at 2000 hours pacific standard time, a Piper PA-38-112, N2572N, experienced a loss of engine power and made a forced landing on a…

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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