# NTSB Accident WPR18LA005
> **PIPER PA 24-250** · 2017-10-05 · Hillsboro, OR, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR18LA005
- **Event ID:** 20171005X93025
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-10-05
- **Location:** Hillsboro, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.428333, -122.942222
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA 24-250
- **Registration:** N7892P
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student's pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during approach and subsequent exceedance of the critical angle of attack during a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a subsequent hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the attempted go-around.

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