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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Murfreesboro, TN · March 25, 1995

Date: March 25, 1995 · 16:30 local
Place: Murfreesboro, TN
Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1722J
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 384 total84 in this make and model68 in the last 90 days

N1722JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-24134 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft impacted at top of a drainage ditch approx. 125 feet short of the runway. The aircraft hit hard, bounced, hit again on the grass and then bounced onto the runway. Damage consisted of fuselage wrinkle aft of cabin, left and right upper engine mounts broke, right front seat straps broke, nose gear impacted fuselage, heater box distributor broke and the prop struck the ground 7-9 times. The flight was a check ride for flight instructor. On the third landing, with 40 degrees of flaps the approach was short and correction was too late.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT IMPACTED AT TOP OF A DRAINAGE DITCH APPROX. 125 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD, BOUNCED, HIT AGAIN ON THE GRASS AND THEN BOUNCED ONTO THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF FUSELAGE WRINKLE AFT OF CABIN, LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE, RIGHT FRONT SEAT STRAPS BROKE, NOSE GEAR IMPACTED FUSELAGE, HEATER BOX DISTRIBUTOR BROKE AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND 7-9 TIMES. THE FLIGHT WAS A CHECK RIDE FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. ON THE THIRD LANDING, WITH 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS THE APPROACH WAS SHORT AND CORRECTION WAS TOO LATE.