- Date
- March 7, 2023, 12:04 local (20:04 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi: Ground collisionStanding-engine(s) operating: Ground collision
- 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
- PDX FSDO
- FAA reports
- 20230307002512A20230307003732I
- Case key
- 106878
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 student pilot’s failure to see and avoid another airplane during taxi.
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.
N25233 · Cessna 152
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.
N25233 · Cessna 152
N6460M · Cessna 152
Analysis
The student pilot reported that, he was taxiing on the parking row centerline and did not see that another airplane had moved and came to a stop about 5 feet into the taxiway. The left wing of the taxing airplane collided with the propeller of the other airplane, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and aileron. The other airplane sustained minor damage to the propeller. The pilots of both airplanes reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions and failures with the airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N25233
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280545
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 8,964.4
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-2LC, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC, doing business as Flight School
- Registered owner
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 14, 2023 · 78.5 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- HIO · Portland-Hillsboro
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, 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.
- Registration
- N6460M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284742
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 17,175
- Engines
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming 0-235 SERIES, 115 horsepower
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC, doing business as Flight School
- Registered owner
- Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 6, 2023 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, 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 · 3
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N25233
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 91 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor, aircraft N6460M
- Age
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 13, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Role
- Student pilot, aircraft N6460M
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KHIO
- METAR
- METAR KHIO 070753Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC033 02/02 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP174 T00220022 401000011=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 27, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 10.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.