Boeing 727-200 crash, Sep 25, 1978 (142 killed), San Dieg...
Boeing 727-200 accident on September 25, 1978 near San Diego California, United States with 142 fatalities. Cause: The flightcrew of the Boeing 727 did...
- Date: September 25, 1978
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: San Diego California, United States
- Fatalities: 142
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flightcrew of the Boeing 727 did not have the Cessna in sight and continued the approach after believing they had passed it.
PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214 flying Sacramento to Los Angeles to San Diego, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 172M on a local training flight from San Diego Airport while descending to runway 27. Both aircraft broke up and crashed into houses and the Interstate 805 highway in the Altadena and City Heights districts of San Diego. All occupants of both aircraft and seven people on the ground were killed; nine more on the ground were seriously injured.