- Date
- July 14, 2026, 11:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, CA · Airport environment
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5051WBellanca 8KCAB
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 203404
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5051W
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 527-79
- Built
- 1979
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fox Two LLC
- Registered owner
- Fox Two LLC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- AUN · Auburn Muni, runway 07/25, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
N5051WRegistered now · Bellanca 8KCABAirframe modelBellanca 8KCABEngine modelLycoming AEIO-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KAUN
- METAR
- METAR KAUN 141815Z AUTO VRB05KT 9SM CLR 33/15 A3004 RMK A01