# Accident 20000704008499A: Cessna 152, Murfreesboro, TN, July 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2000, 07:45 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8494° N, 86.3891° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8494&lon=-86.3891&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89043, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89043-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 482 total, 34 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000704008499A

## Narrative

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

(-23)A/C WAS LOSING ALTITUDE ON CLIMB FROM MBT AIRPORT. A/C TURNED TO THE RIGHT AS IF COMING BACK TO THE AIRPORT. WHILE MAKING THE TURN THE A/C LOST ALTITUTE AND CRASHED INTO A SUBDIVISION, COMING TO REST IN THE FRON YARD OF A HOUSE. THE A/C CAUGHT ON FIRE AT IMPACT. A/C DESTROYED. STUDENT PILOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. INSTRUCTOR PILOT DIED AT HOSPITAL AS RESULT OF INJURIES. (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN HIS THIRD FLIGHT LESSON, AND HIS FIRST IN A CESSNA 152 SINCE HE DID NOT WANT TO PAY THE EXTRA $20.00 TO FLY THE REMAINING 180 HORSEPOWER CESSNA 172. THE STUDENT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TANKS HE BELIEVED THE FUEL TANKS HAD BEEN TOPPED OFF, AND THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF/INITIAL CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT GOT TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 50 TO 100 FT, AND SEEMED AS IF IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO FLY. HE SAID THE ENGINE DID NOT MALFUNCTION IN ANY WAY, WAS DEVELOPING THE PROPER "RPMS", AND HAD A NORMAL ENGINE SOUND, BUT THAT THE AIRPLANE JUST SEEMED AS IF IT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO FLY. HE SAID THAT HIS INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT, BUT AS THEY WERE IN THE TURN, THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED WAS THE STALL WARNING HORN GOING  OFF AFTER THE TURN HAD BEEN INITIATED, JUST BEFORE THEY DROPPED. WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS OPERATING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, AND POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY ON ITS SYSTEMS. THE FLAPS WERE CONFIRMED TO BE AT SET AT 20 DEGREES, AND A POSTACCIDENT ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHED ABOUT 1,713 LBS, AND THAT THE COMPUTED DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WAS ABOUT 2,000 FEET. IN ADDITION, TWO PROPELLER SLASH MARKS AT THE SCENE, 14 INCHES APART, INDICATED A GROUND SPEED OF ABOUT 41 KNOTS, AND AN ENGINE SPEED OF ABOUT 1,774 RPMS AT IMPACT.

## 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 MIA00FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA201), Jul 4, 2000: Cessna 152 (N89043), Murfreesboro, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the flight instructor's failure to maintain an airspeed above the aircraft's stall speed, which resulted in a stall/mush, and an inflight loss of control while maneuvering to return to a landing area…

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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