Plane Crash List

Cessna 175 N7518M

18 August 1997 · Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 August 1997 at about 12:30 local time, a Cessna 175 registered N7518M was involved in an accident near Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 12:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States
Nearest airport
Rock Springs-Sweetwater (RKS)
Coordinates
41.5892, -109.2196
Aircraft
Cessna 175
Registration
N7518M
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW97LA318

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

The delayed landing flare by both student pilot and flight instructor, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student. Factors were the no flap steep approach at low airspeed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings with an instructor. He made a no-flap, steep landing approach at low airspeed. He was slow in flaring the airplane. The instructor took control, but not before the airplane made a hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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