20071028827009A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Palm Springs, CA · October 28, 2007

Date
October 28, 2007 · 17:30 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Airport
Bermuda Dunes
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N21101
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX08FA023
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student pilot was practicing touch-and-gos with CFI. Aircraft climbed steeply and rolled to the right. The plane came to rest inverted at the west end of rwy 28. Plane was destroyed. CFI received fatal injuries and student was transported to local hospital with serious injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GOS WITH CFI. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED STEEPLY AND ROLLED TO THE RIGHT. THE PLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED AT THE WEST END OF RWY 28. PLANE WAS DESTROYED. CFI RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND STUDENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.