# NTSB investigations: Cessna 152, NM NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB DEN05CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA016.md): Cessna 152 · Santa Teresa, NM · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 28, 2004 · N5290B · Substantial damage > the student pilot' failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's failure to abort the takeoff. - [NTSB DEN01LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA011.md): Cessna 152 · Roswell, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 7, 2000 · N95262 · Substantial damage > the flight instructor's failure to adequately preflight the airplane, which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A contributing factor was the dark night light condition. - [NTSB DEN00FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA067.md): Cessna 152 · Roswell, NM · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 25, 2000 · N6251B · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the subsequent inadvertent stall/spin. A factor was the pilot's diverted attention to over flying her residence. - [NTSB FTW95LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA324.md): Cessna 152 · Raton, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 29, 1995 · N49209 · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadvertent activation of the flaps. Factors in the accident were the weather conditions and the dark night. - [NTSB FTW95LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA268.md): Cessna 152 · Farmington, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 1995 · N757VK · Substantial damage > The student pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during the landing, which resulted in her failure to maintain proper runway alignment. The gusty crosswind was a related factor. - [NTSB FTW92LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA039.md): Cessna 152 · Las Cruces, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 8, 1991 · N4628Q · Substantial damage > The pilot's misjudgment of the airplane's performance which led to a situation where it could not climb above the rising terrain. A factor was the high density altitude which existed in the mountains at the time of the accident. - [NTSB DEN91LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91LA044.md): Cessna 152 · Timberon, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1991 · N49123 · Substantial damage > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and selection of the wrong runway. Related factors were: the rising terrain, trees, and the pilot's lack of experience. - [NTSB DEN90LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA074.md): Cessna 152 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 1990 · N4590P · Substantial damage > The fuel exhaustion induced power loss. - [NTSB DEN88LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA156.md): Cessna 152 · Gallup, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1988 · N48055 · Substantial damage > Prior to takeoff from the 6469 ft MSL airport, the pilot leaned the mixture at 2000 RPM. Density altitude was aprx 9100 ft MSL. The 10-DEG flap takeoff and climbout to 300 ft AGL was said to be normal initially; then the aircraft began losing altitude… - [NTSB DEN87LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA098.md): Cessna 152 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1987 · N5280Q · Substantial damage > The student plt was practicing unsupervised solo flt in gusty cross winds. He became distracted on takeoff and failed to correct for a left drift. At this point he had taken out all aileron correction and when the left wing came up, he also added left rudder.… - [NTSB DEN87LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA070.md): Cessna 152 · Carlsbad, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 22, 1987 · N6285Q · Substantial damage > The student plt was on a solo x-country and landed at an intermediate arpt. The acft was taxiing from landing with a 24 kt tailwind. A strong gust of wind hit the acft and it nosed over. - [NTSB DEN86LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA081.md): Cessna 152 · Alameda, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 19, 1986 · N6353M · Substantial damage > The student plt stated that during the landing, the aircraft bounced twice before it's nose gear collapsed. The student pilot said the aircraft nosed over onto its back following the nose gear collapse. - [NTSB DEN85LQA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LQA02.md): Cessna 152 · Santa Teresa, NM · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 6, 1985 · N5372B · Substantial damage > The helcopter plt was on a solo instructional flt in the Cessna 152 airplane. He had only 9 hrs flt time in fixed wing acft. While on a touch-&-go landing, the acft bounced as it touched down. It then bounced 2 more times with each bounce becoming… - [NTSB DEN84LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA272.md): Cessna 152 · Kirtland Afb, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 29, 1984 · N6561Q · Substantial damage > Upon touchdown a hard landing was made after which the acft bounced and became airborne. The acft contacted the rwy hard at which time the nose gear collapsed. - [NTSB DEN84LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA100.md): Cessna 152 · Carlsbad, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 24, 1984 · N46723 · Substantial damage > The student plt made a forced landing and the acft nosed over on soft terrain after the engine quit during the last leg of a x-country. The plt said he had not visually checked the fuel tanks during pre-flight. An examination of the acft after the accident… - [NTSB FTW83LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA026.md): Cessna 152 · Aztec, NM · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 28, 1982 · N4860B · Substantial damage > The aircraft was involved in a hard bouncing landing when the student pilot allowed the aircraft to porpoise during landing. The nose gear failed during this sequence and the aircraft was damaged. The pilot was uninjured. The pilot did not file an accident… - [NTSB FTW82DA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA052.md): Cessna 152 · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 31, 1982 · N89963 · Substantial damage > The instructor elected to use a 2800 to 3200 ft road as a landing strip to practice a landing and takeoff. The instructor had used the road many times before and considered it an ideal practice area. The road had been recently graded, was located away from… - [NTSB FTW82FQA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQA03.md): Cessna 152 · Alamo, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 9, 1981 · N46155 · Substantial damage - [NTSB FTW81DQA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQA29.md): Cessna 152 · Grants, NM · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 3, 1981 · N4757B · Destroyed - [NTSB FTW81DQD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD15.md): Cessna 152 · Silver City, NM · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Mar 15, 1981 · N4779B · Substantial damage - [NTSB DEN79DQA45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DQA45.md): Cessna 152 · Crown Point, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Aug 8, 1979 · N68705 · Substantial damage - [NTSB DEN78DQD36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DQD36.md): Cessna 152 · Deming, NM · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 9, 1978 · N757PC · Substantial damage - [NTSB DEN78DQA43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78DQA43.md): Cessna 152 · Tucumcari, NM · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 16, 1978 · N24939 · Substantial damage ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'NM' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071835')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071835&state=NM --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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