# Accident 20250610007089A: Beech A36, Murfreesboro, TN, June 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2025, 11:24 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8594° N, 86.3775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8594&lon=-86.3775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250610007089A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 10, 2025, ABOUT 1220 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH A36, SN E1016 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND A PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. A SECOND PASSENGER WAS INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM DOUGLAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DQH), DOUGLAS, FLORIDA AND WAS ENROUTE TO MURFREESBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MBT), MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE WHEN WHEN A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OCCURRED. BASED ON THE “STUMBLE” OF THE ENGINE, HE SWITCHED FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND PUSHED THE MIXTURE CONTROL IN, WHICH INITIALLY “CLEARED UP” THE PROBLEM. SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AGAIN AND THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE QUICKLY ASSESSED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MBT AND AS A RESULT, HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. HE THEN REALIZED THAT THE FIELD WAS OUT OF REACH AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN TOWARDS A CEMETERY WHERE HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, PITCHED THE NOSE UP, AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR TREES. THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE TREES PRIOR TO THE CEMETERY AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN, SUSPENDED IN VEGETATION.

A POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANK CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL WITH NO EVIDENCE OF THAT TANK BEING BREACHED BY IMPACT. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS BREACHED AND CONTAINED ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS OBSERVED TO BE ON THE RIGHT FUEL TANK POSITION. THE IGNITION KEY WAS OBSERVED ON “BOTH”; THE MIXTURE CONTROL, PROPELLER CONTROL, AND THROTTLE WERE OBSERVED FULL FORWARD.

THE WRECKAGE WAS RETAINED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION

## 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 ERA25LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA226), Jun 10, 2025: Beech A36 (N15PM), Murfreesboro, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s mismanagement of available fuel, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent loss of total engine power.

## Other reports on N15PM (3)

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

- [Accident 19920111000599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920111000599A), Jan 11, 1992: Beech A36 (N15PM), Griffith, IN, Substantial damage. Raised gear prematurely on touch and go. Gear collapsed. Slid off end of runway.
- [Incident 19910801041489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910801041489I), Aug 1, 1991: Beech A36 (N15PM), Griffith, IN, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently raised gear instead of flaps on attempted go-around. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19830920066359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830920066359I), Sep 20, 1983: Beech A36 (N15PM), New Iberia, LA, Minor damage. Flap circuit breaker popped on actuation for touch and go's, raised gear by mistake.

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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