# Incident 20110527009099I: Cessna 152, Hillsboro, OR, May 27, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5253° N, 122.9364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsboro, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5253&lon=-122.9364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N560PC) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 350 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527009099I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT CHECK FOR AN ENGINE PROBLEM IN N560PC. TAKE-OFF WAS NORMAL, ON CLIMP OUT PILOT NOTED THE RPM WAS DROPPING FROM 2350. PILOT WAS TURNING DOWNWIND LEG AT 900' AGL AND RPM CONTINUED TO DROP TO 1800 RPM AND HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, HAD TO LOWER NOSE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND WAS GIVEN ANY RUNWAY. PILOT DETERMINED HE COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO AIRPORT AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A PRIVATE AIRFIELD NORTH OF HILLSBORO BUT COULD NOT MAKE THE STRIP, PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN WHEAT FIELD. PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFULL OFF FIELD LANDING RESULTING IN NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR CREW.

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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