# Accident 19990502004419A: Cessna 182A, Murfreesboro, TN, May 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1999, 17:22 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9295° N, 86.4400° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9295&lon=-86.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6382B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6382B-2002-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 479 total, 42 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502004419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT ON LANDING, AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .19)  ON MAY 2, 1999, AT 1722 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182A, N6382B, COLLIDED WITH THE TOP TWO STRAINS OF A CHAIN LINK FENCE DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND AT THE MURFREESBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN MURFREESBORO, TN.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN.  VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MURFREESBORO, TN, AT 1700.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THEY HAD COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND WERE ON SHORT FINAL FOR THE SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 36.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE GOT LOW ON FINAL APPROACH AND COLLIDED WITH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE APPROX. 300 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 36.  (-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY CLIPPED 2 WIRES ON THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AND THEN IMPACTED GROUND.  FLIPPED ON IT'S BACK AND NOSE GEAR SEPARTED FROM A/C. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT, HE HAD COM PLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND WAS ON SHORT FINAL FOR THE SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 36. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE GOT LOW ON FINAL APPROACH AND COLLIDED WITH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF  RUNWAY 36. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 ATL99LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA080), May 2, 1999: Cessna 182 (N6382B), Murfreesboro, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of altitude and distance to the runway.

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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