# Incident 19800520053509I: Cessna 152, Bedford, MA, May 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Hanscom
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69252, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69252-2018-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 46 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/19800520053509I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING DAMAGED NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N69252 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840919053039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840919053039I), Sep 19, 1984: Cessna 152 (N69252), Mansfield, MA, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft when he forgot to retract flaps during touch and go landing.

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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