# Accident 19800923042499A: Cessna 152, Murfreesboro, TN, September 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1980, 08:45 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 35.8456° N, 86.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murfreesboro, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8456&lon=-86.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5396M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5396M-2014-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKW23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKW23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800923042499A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRPLANE TOUCH AND GO LANDING. VEERED OF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL80FKW23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKW23), Sep 23, 1980: Cessna 152 (N5396M), Murfreesboro, TN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5396M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860411031979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860411031979I), Apr 11, 1986: Cessna 152 (N5396M), Murfreesboro, TN, Minor damage. Solo student bounced on first solo landing and the nose wheel collapsed. Flaps at 20 degrees instead of normal full.

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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