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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Auburn, CA · August 7, 2025

Date
August 7, 2025 · 17:30 local
Place
Auburn, CA
Airport
Auburn Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N342TA
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,460 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During climbout from runway 25 the aircraft lost power and was set back down on the runway approximately 530' west of runway 7 marking or approximately 40' east of the end of the pavement. The aircraft bounced and came in contact with the gravel approximately 50' west of the end of the pavement, cleared a barbed wire fence, contacted the ground approximately 175' west of the end of the pavement. At this point the right main landing gear wheel, axel, and brake were removed from the strut. The aircraft came to rest approximately 250' west of the end of the pavement and was facing almost due north.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMBOUT FROM RUNWAY 25 THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND WAS SET BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 530' WEST OF RUNWAY 7 MARKING OR APPROXIMATELY 40' EAST OF THE END OF THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 50' WEST OF THE END OF THE PAVEMENT, CLEARED A BARBED WIRE FENCE, CONTACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 175' WEST OF THE END OF THE PAVEMENT. AT THIS POINT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL, AXEL, AND BRAKE WERE REMOVED FROM THE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 250' WEST OF THE END OF THE PAVEMENT AND WAS FACING ALMOST DUE NORTH.