# Incident 19811203083849I: Cessna 152, Los Lunas, NM, December 3, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1981, 18:20 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N5458P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5458P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 3 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811203083849I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR STRUCK SOFT SPOT IN RUNWAY AND BENT STRUT.

## Other reports on N5458P (1)

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

- [Accident 19880906039649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906039649A), Sep 6, 1988: Cessna 152 (N5458P), Burlington, IA, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on a downwind landing and collapsed the nose gear. Was given wind incorrectly over UNICOM.

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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