Beechcraft A36 N15PM

Summary

On 10 June 2025 at about 17:20 local time, a Beechcraft A36 registered N15PM was involved in an accident near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

10 June 2025 at 17:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Murfreesboro Muni (MBT)

Coordinates

35.8594, -86.3775

Aircraft

Beechcraft A36

Registration

N15PM

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Douglas → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA226

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 10, 2025, about 1220 central daylight time, a Beech A36, N15PM, 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 seriously 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 I would probably say a small amount of fuel and leave the unusable definition for the final analysis when you can quantify it and lay it out better. of fuel with no evidence of that tank being breached by impact. The right fuel tank was breached and contained This is one Dennis always got on me about, it either was or wasn’t breached. You can further explain the extent of the breach in your factual wreckage description. 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.