# Incident 20240905011579I: Piper PA-44-180, Murfreesboro, TN, September 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2024, 07:50 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CA8S
- Location: 35.8456° N, 86.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murfreesboro, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8456&lon=-86.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N130MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N130MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1G6 (registry code 41866, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1G6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,133 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240905011579I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY SOON AFTER POWER WAS APPLIED AND CAME TO A REST 100' TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. BASED ON STATEMENTS PROVIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT A ENGINE OUT SCENARIO WAS BEING PRACTICED AND BOTH DESCRIBED IN THEIR STATEMENTS THAT HE OR SHE WAS MANAGING THE CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND RIGHT PROPELLER WHEN IT HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT THAT WAS MOUNTED TO A CEMENT STRUCTURE THAT WAS RAISED ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

## Other reports on N130MT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230327002339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230327002339I), Mar 27, 2023: Piper PA-44-180 (N130MT), Murfreesboro, TN, Minor damage. On landing roll out the PIC inadvertently selected gear up to which the nose gear retracted into the wheel well while the aircraft was moving. The aircraft…

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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