# Accident 20230307002512A: Cessna 152, Hillsboro, OR, March 7, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2023, 12:04 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Airport: Portland-Hillsboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 8HAS
- Location: 45.5421° N, 122.9507° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5421&lon=-122.9507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25233, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25233) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 91 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230307002512A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC WAS RETURNING TO THE RAMP FROM HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AND WAS TAXIING DOWN A ROW OF AIRPLANES TO PARK.  A SECOND AIRPLANE HAD MOVED FORWARD SLIGHTLY FROM THE PARKING LOCATION IN PREPERATION TO DEPART ON A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT WHEN HE SAW THE ACCIENT AIRCRAFT START TO TURN DOWN THE ROW HE WAS PREVISOUSLY PARKED ON. HE HAD ADVANCED ABOUT 6 FEET FROM HIS PARKING SPOT AND STOPPED. HE REMAINED STATIONARY FROM THE TIME THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT BEGING TO TURN DOWN THE ROW.

THE PIC OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CONTINUNED TO TAXI DOWN THE ROW ON THE CENTERLINE WITHOUT REALIZING HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH WINGTIP CLEARANCE FROM THE SECOND AIRCRAFT. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFTS WING CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE SECOND AIRCRAFTS TURNING PROPELLER CAUSING ABOUT 4' OF THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE WING TO BE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND FALL OFF.

BOTH AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN THEIR ENGINES AND NO FURTHER DAMAGE OCCURED.  THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE IN THE SECOND AIRCRAFT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6460M, Cessna 152: [Incident 20230307003732I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230307003732I)

## 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 WPR23LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA123), Mar 7, 2023: Cessna 152 (N25233), Hillsboro, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to see and avoid another airplane during taxi.

## Other reports on N25233 (2)

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

- [Incident 19890503021969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890503021969I), May 3, 1989: Cessna 152 (N25233), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Veered off runway and struck a ditch. Small grass fire was started.
- [Incident 19880216013479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880216013479I), Feb 16, 1988: Cessna 152 (N25233), Weatherford, OK, Minor damage. Engine lost power on takeoff roll. Aborted. Overran departure end of runway. Suspect carburetor ice.

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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