- Date
- May 2, 1999, 17:22 local (22:22 UTC)
- Place
- Murfreesboro, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6382BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990502004419A
- Case key
- 46245
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's misjudgment of altitude and distance to the runway.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, he had completed one touch and go landing and was on short final for the second landing on runway 36. The pilot reported that the airplane got low on final approach and collided with the airport perimeter fence approximately 300 feet from the approach end of runway 36. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 2, 1999, at 1722 central daylight time, a Cessna 182, N6382B, collided with the top two strains of a chain link fence during an approach to land at the Murfreesboro, Municipal Airport in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The personal flight was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan. Visual weather conditions prevailed at time of the accident. The pilot and his passenger were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight departed Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at 1700.
According to the pilot, he had completed one touch and go landing and was on short final for the second landing on runway 36. The pilot reported that the airplane got low on final approach and collided with the airport perimeter fence approximately 300 feet from the approach end of runway 36.
The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6382B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34282
- Airframe hours
- 620
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James J. Akins
- Registered owner
- Mid Tenn Flying Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1998 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- MQY · Smyrna, TN
- Airport
- MBT · Murfreesboro Municipal, runway 36, 3,898 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQY, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.