The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office and local emergency crews responded to a report of a single engine plane crash around 11:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.
The crash occurred at a private airstrip near Ringo Road just outside of Palouse.
Initial reports indicate the student pilot, accompanied by his flight instructor, attempted to make a landing when the plane made a hard touchdown causing the landing gear to malfunction. As a result the plane flipped and came to rest on its top.
Both passengers in the plane were transported to area hospitals with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board have been notified and will be conducting a joint investigation into the cause of the accident. (Whitman County Sheriff’s Office)
