# Accident 20250522006319A: Cessna 172N, Murfreesboro, TN, May 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2025, 11:40 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8787° N, 86.3775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8787&lon=-86.3775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6317D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6317D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250522006319A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 22, 2025, AT 11:40 A.M. CDT A SMALL AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 36 INTO THE GRASS AREA STRIKING A PAPI LIGHT AND A TAXIWAY SIGN DURING TAKEOFF DEPARTURE ROLLING. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING STRUT, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND LEFT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND SUFFERED NO PHYSICAL INJURIES.

## 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 ERA25LA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA213), May 22, 2025: Cessna 172N (N6317D), Murfreesboro, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while attempting to take off in a gusty crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N6317D (2)

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

- [Accident 20030411005659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030411005659A), Apr 11, 2003: Cessna 172N (N6317D), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Minor damage. (-23) On April 11, 2003, at approximately 1500 local time, N6317D, a CE-172, operated by a private pilot, and sole occupant, was returning from a cross country…
- [Accident 19830906049249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830906049249A), Sep 6, 1983: Cessna 172N (N6317D), Carbondale, IL, Substantial damage. Instructor bounced and porpoised plane on demo landing. Impact blew the nose tire. Veered off runway. Bent firewall.

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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