# Incident 19960207001449I: Piper PA32R301, Murfreesboro, TN, February 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1996, 08:05 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N923CN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N923CN-2011-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 578 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960207001449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1996, DR. CLYDE SMITH DEPARTED MEM ENROUTE TO MBT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN A PIPER, PA32R-301, N923CN. DURING DESCENT TO MBT DR. SMITH ENCOUNTERED VMC CONDITIONS, CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND INITIATED A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18 AT MBT. UPON TOUCHDOWN, ACFT VEERED LEFT ON WET RUNWAY INTO A SNOWBANK ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY. LEFTMAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK MECHANISM FAILED AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGES, NO INJURIES OCCURRED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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