- Date
- July 7, 2022, 20:35 local (Jul 8, 2022, 03:35 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, OR · On airport
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90558Cessna 172P
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220707007219A
- Case key
- 105462
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot under instruction’s improper landing flare, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that, during the instructional flight, the pilot under instruction was practicing an instrument approach. The pilot started the flare about 30 ft above ground level (agl) which caused the airspeed to decrease. The airplane subsequently landed hard, and the airplane bounced. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and applied full power. However, the airplane banked left, the left wing struck the ground, and the airplane exited the left side of the runway. The airplane’s left wing and aileron were substantially damaged. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90558
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274773
- Built
- 1982
- Airframe hours
- 15,607.7
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hillsboro Aero Academy
- Registered owner
- Hagele Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 2022
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- HIO · Portland-Hillsboro, runway 31L, 6,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 18, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 38 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 31
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 19, 2021
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 823 total · 345 in this make and model · 698 as pilot in command · 174 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KHIO
- METAR
- KHIO 080253Z 32008KT 10SM BKN050 BKN080 OVC100 21/15 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP166 T02110150 53002
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 22, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.