# Incident 19780812037729I: Piper PA32300, Los Lunas, NM, August 12, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1978, 15:25 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8013° N, 106.7925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Lunas, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8013&lon=-106.7925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9795C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9795C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 9 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780812037729I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDED. DAMAGED MAIN GEAR.

## Other reports on N9795C (1)

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

- [Incident 19900518028599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900518028599I), May 18, 1990: Piper PA32300 (N9795C), Hoonah, AK, Minor damage. Duck hit left side of windshield entering cockpit. Pilot cut on forehead.

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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