# Incident 19981002027949I: Piper PA11, Murfreesboro, TN, October 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1998, 14:30 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: N4981M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4981M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,416 total, 60 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981002027949I

## Narrative

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

ACFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY.         (-5) AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM CDT, ON OCTOBER 2, 1998 AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-11, REGISTRATION NUMBER N4981M, FLOWN BY JEFF JOHNSON WITH GLEEN CAWTHON AS INSTRUCTOR, GROUND LOOPED AFTER LANDING ON RNY 18 AT MBT AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MR. JOHNSON HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SEVEN WHEEL LANDINGS AND OVER AN HOUR OF MANEUVERS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. ON THE EIGHTH LANDING, AS THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY MR. JOHNSON APPLIED FORWARD STICK TO KEEP THE TAIL UP. AS THE TAIL BEGAN TO SINK, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT INTO A RIGHT CROSSWIND GUST OF APPROX. 4 KNOTS. THE LEFT WING STARTED TO DIP, AS THE LEFT MAIN TIRE ROLLED INTO THE GRASS, AND MR. CAWTHON APPLIED BRAKES WITH FULL LEFT RUDDER BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY AND ROLLED DOWN INTO THE PARALLEL DRAINAGE DITCH WHERE IF FINALLY STOPPED. NEITHER OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE AROUND THE DOOR AND TO ONE BLADE OF THE PROP DUE TO GROUND STRIKE. THE FAA WAS PROMPTLY NOTIFIED AT 2:45 PM. AN ON-SITE INVESTIGATION WAS MADE ON 10/5/98 BY AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTORS SCHULER & LAUER FROM THE          NASHVILLE FSDO.

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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