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WPR23LA123

2023-03-07 · Hillsboro, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HIO

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The student pilot’s failure to see and avoid another airplane during taxi.

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring other aircraft-Student/instructed pilot
  • — Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Aircraft-Effect on operation
  • — Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring other aircraft-Pilot of other aircraft
  • — Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Aircraft-Effect on operation

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_WPR23LA123.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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