# Incident 19950325005739I: Piper PA28140, Murfreesboro, TN, March 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1995, 16:30 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8787° N, 86.3775° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MURFREESBORO MUNI (MBT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8787&lon=-86.3775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1722J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1722J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 384 total, 84 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950325005739I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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