# Incident 20251017018869I: Piper PA-28-181, Auburn, CA, October 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2025, 14:14 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- 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: N8321M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8321M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 171 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251017018869I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 17, 2025, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N8321M SUBMITTED A WRITTEN STATEMENT VIA EMAIL DESCRIBING AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED WHILE APPROACHING FOR LANDING AT AUBURN, CA AIRPORT (AUN). THE PIC REPORTED THAT THE APPROACH WAS CONDUCTED TOO HIGH, RESULTING IN A LONG LANDING. DESPITE EFFORTS TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING TO BRING IT TO A COMPLETE STOP. CONSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY, COMING TO A FULL STOP AT THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY AFTER STRIKING THE WIRE FENCE WITH THE PROPELLER.

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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