# Accident 20060516010869A: Cessna 525, Murfreesboro, TN, May 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2006, 18:44 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8806° N, 86.3806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8806&lon=-86.3806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N545TG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N545TG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525 (registry code 2076601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ-44 series (registry code 66000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 500 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060516010869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT PROCEEDED WITH LANDING (RWY 18) WITH WEATHER (THUNDERSTORM LINE) RAPIDLY APPROACHING. WIND DIRECTION CHANGE AND AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED TAILWIND CONDITIONS, ALONG WITH STRONG RAIN. PILOT TRIED EXTREME BRAKING AND AIRCRAFT TURNED 180 DEGREES AND DEPARTED SOUTH END OF LANDING SURFACE. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE VERTICALLY AND COLLAPSED. LEFT FLAP WAS TORN FROM ATTACH POINTS CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TRAILING EDGE RIBS. NO INJURIES OCCURRED.

## 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 ATL06CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA080), May 16, 2006: Cessna 525 (N545TG), Murfreesboro, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing on a wet 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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