Not to be confused with Air India Flight 182 or Sriwijaya Air Flight 182.
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182
PSA Flight 182 seconds after the collision with the Cessna 172
Accident
Date
September 25, 1978 (September 25, 1978)
Summary
Mid-air collision resulting from pilot error on the Boeing 727 and ATC error
Site
North Park, near San Diego International Airport, San Diego, California, United States 32°44′38.2″N117°07′13.4″W / 32.743944°N 117.120389°W / 32.743944; -117.120389
Total fatalities
144
Total injuries
9
Total survivors
9
First aircraft
N533PS, the Boeing 727 involved in the accident three months prior to the collision
Type
Boeing 727-214
Operator
Pacific Southwest Airlines
IATA flight No.
PS182
ICAO flight No.
PSA182
Call sign
PSA 182
Registration
N533PS
Flight origin
Sacramento International Airport
Stopover
Los Angeles International Airport
Destination
San Diego International Airport
Occupants
135
Passengers
128
Crew
7
Fatalities
135
Survivors
0
Second aircraft
N7711G, the Cessna 172 involved in the accident in a previous livery
Type
Cessna 172
Operator
Gibbs Flite Center, Inc.[1]
Call sign
CESSNA 7711 GOLF
Registration
N7711G
Flight origin
Montgomery Field, San Diego, California[1]
Occupants
2
Passengers
0
Crew
2
Fatalities
2
Survivors
0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities
7
Ground injuries
9
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a scheduled flight of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) from Sacramento to San Diego with a stopover at Los Angeles. On September 25, 1978, the Boeing 727-214[a] serving the flight, registration of N533PS, collided with a private Cessna 172 light aircraft, registration N7711G, over San Diego, California. It was Pacific Southwest Airlines' first fatal accident, and it remains the deadliest air disaster in California history. At the time, it was the deadliest air crash to occur in the United States, and remained so until American Airlines Flight 191 crashed in May 1979.
Both aircraft crashed into North Park, a San Diego neighborhood. PSA 182 struck just north of the intersection of Dwight and Nile streets, killing all 135 people aboard the aircraft and seven people on the ground in houses, including two children. The Cessna struck Polk Avenue between 32nd and Iowa streets, killing the two pilots on board. Nine others on the ground were injured and a total of twenty-two residences were destroyed or damaged by the impact and debris.
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