# Incident 20260118000969I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Nashville, TN, January 18, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2026, 15:35 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: John C Tune
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1830° N, 86.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN C TUNE (JWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1830&lon=-86.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N521PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390-C3B6 (registry code 42710, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-c3b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-390-C3B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260118000969I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT FLEW SOLO FROM JWN-M91-JWN. THE PILOT REPORTED HE CONDUCTED TWO FULL STOP LANDINGS AT M91. THEN TOOK OFF TO RETURN TO JWN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FINAL TAKEOFF AT M91 WAS MORE "BUMPY" THAN NORMAL, BUT UNEVENTFUL. HE FLEW BACK TO JWN WHERE HE RECEIVED A CLEARANCE TO LAND STRAIGHT IN FOR RUNWAY 22. THE PILOT REPORTED A STABLE APPROACH AT 81 KNOTS ON CENTERLINE. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT REPORTED FEELING A JOLT THEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A NOSE-LOW ATTITUDE AS THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE WITH NEARLY 3,000 FEET REMAINING.

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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