# Accident 20180526005969A: Cessna 152, Hillsboro, OR, May 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5503° N, 122.9569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5503&lon=-122.9569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152GB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N152GB) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 448 total, 167 in this make and model, 164 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180526005969A

## Narrative

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

A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 31R AT HILLSBORO AIRPORT. THEY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED HE HAD MADE 2 LANDINGS PREVIOUSLY AND ON THEIR THIRD LANDING THEY CONDUCTED A GO AROUND. AS THE STUDENT ADDED POWER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND BEGAN TO BACKFIRE. THE STUDENT CLOSED THE CARB HEAT AND HAD FULL THROTTLE AND MIXTURE RICH AND THE AIRPLANE WAS STILL RUNNING ROUGH AND BACKFIRING. THE INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO REDUCE THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND THEN ADD POWER AGAIN BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH POWER SETTINGS. THE CFI STATED THE RPM WAS LOWER THAN USUAL, THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO DEVELOP FULL POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE. THE CFI ELECTED TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THEY LANDED ON THE MAIN WHEELS AND INITIALLY THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS MAIN GEAR BUT AS IT SLOWED DOWN THE NOSE DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOTS EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR18LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA148), May 26, 2018: Cessna 152 (N152GB), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power during a go-around due to the loose copper electrode finger inside the left magneto.

## Other reports on N152GB (1)

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

- [Incident 20131214023739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131214023739I), Dec 14, 2013: Cessna 152 (N152GB), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. On 12/14/2013, airman [privacy data omitted] attempted to start aircraft N152GB, so he could determin if it would start and be usable for the intended flight…

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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