# Incident 20010815026049I: Piper PA24260, Auburn, CA, August 15, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N8959P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8959P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010815026049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER HIT THE RUNWAY ON THE FIRST LANDING. A "TOUCH AND GO" FOLLOWED. THE PILOT DISCOVERED MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE DURING HIS POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION. THE PILOT REPORTED INCIDENT TO SACRAMENTO FSDO. AIRMAN COUNSELED BY TELEPHONE. DISCUSSED WITH THE FSDO OPERATIONS UNIT. NO FURTHER CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANNED.

## Other reports on N8959P (1)

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

- [Incident 20150420004699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150420004699I), Apr 20, 2015: Piper PA-24-260 (N8959P), Torrington, WY, Minor damage. On 04/20/2015 at approximately 10:30 LCL, pilot operating N8959P, did not lower landing gear upon landing.

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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