# NTSB WPR26LA260: Bellanca 8KCAB, N5051W, Auburn, CA, July 14, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: July 14, 2026, 11:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place: Auburn, CA · Airport environment
- Coordinates: 38.95482, -121.08172
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9548&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA260
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203404/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA260

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 8KCAB, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1220801), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5051W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5051W), registered now, S/N 527-79, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-320-series) (registry code 41500, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 527-79
- Year 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

## 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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