Mid-air collision Accident Cessna 152 C-GGPE, Tuesday 8 July 2025
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Date:Tuesday 8 July 2025
Time:c. 08:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C152 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 152
Owner/operator:Harv's Air Flight Training
Registration: C-GGPE
MSN: 15281224
Year of manufacture:1978
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:S of Steinbach, MB -   Canada
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Steinbach (South) Airport (CKK7)
Destination airport:Steinbach (South) Airport (CKK7)
Investigating agency: TSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A Cessna 152 (C-GGPE) and a Cessna 172R Skyhawk (C-GZKA) were destroyed when they were involved in a mid-air collision while on approach to Steinbach (South) Airport (CKK7), Steinbach, Manitoba.
The sole pilot onboard each airplane sustained fatal injuries.

Both aircraft, operated by Harv’s Air Service, were conducting local training flights from Steinbach (South) Aerodrome (CKK7), Manitoba, with 1 pilot on board each aircraft.
While on final approach for Runway 36 at CKK7, the 2 aircraft collided mid-air. They then collided with terrain approximately 1/4 statute miles (SM) from the runway threshold. There was a post-impact fire. Both pilots were fatality injured.

Sources:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/two-dead-after-planes-collide-near-steinbach-rcmp/
https://www.prpeak.com/national-news/cp-newsalert-two-dead-in-mid-air-collision-were-students-at-manitoba-flight-school-10915580
https://globalnews.ca/news/11279610/manitoba-rcmp-steinbach-crash/
https://www.steinbachonline.com/articles/two-pilots-killed-in-crash-near-steinbach
https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/deploiement-deployment/aviation/2025/20250708.html
TSB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jul-2025 16:01 gerard57 Added
08-Jul-2025 16:24 RobertMB Updated [Location, Source, ]
08-Jul-2025 17:54 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
08-Jul-2025 19:31 RobertMB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Jul-2025 20:04 Captain Adam Updated [Narrative, ]
09-Jul-2025 06:20 ASN Updated
15-Jul-2025 07:40 Uisge Updated [Source, ]
16-Jul-2025 18:44 ASN Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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