# Incident 20250807017829I: Piper PA-28-181, Auburn, CA, August 7, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2025, 17:30 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- 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: N342TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N342TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/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: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250807017829I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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