# Accident 20071116827869A: Piper PA28140, Murfreesboro, TN, November 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2007, 08:50 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8775° N, 86.3775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8775&lon=-86.3775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4396T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4396T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 434 total, 300 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071116827869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT MADE A HIGH APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18, SLIPPED AIRCRAFT TO REDUCE ALTITUDE, LEVELED OFF ABOVE RUNWAY, FLARED IN AN EXTREME NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. INSTRUCTOR TOOK COMMAND, POWER WAS ADDED. AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN OSCILLATING SHARPLY. AFTER 3 OSCILLATIONS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, CONTACTING THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR THEN LEFT. THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND DUG IN WITH THE PROPELLER, CONTACTING THE GROUND, STOPPING THE ENGINE AND BENDING 1 BLADE. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED 100' BEFORE THE NOSE WHEEL SHEARED OFF, CONTACTING THE LOWER FIREWALL ON THE CENTERING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SKIN AND FIREWALL.

## 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 NYC08CA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA040), Nov 16, 2007: Piper PA-28-140 (N4396T), Murfreesboro, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate remedial action and failure to maintain runway alignment.

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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