PSA Flight 182

Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a flight that flew on a Sacramento, California-Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles-Lindbergh Field, San Diego route. The flight crashed, killing everyone on board plus two on a small aircraft and 7 on the ground on September 25, 1978.

At around 9:00am on that day, N533PS, a Boeing 727-214 on Flight 182, was over the North Park neighborhood of San Diego, beginning its final approach into Lindbergh Field. A Cessna, being flown by a student pilot clipped the right wing of Flight 182, sending both crashing into the neighborhood below.

128 passengers and 7 crew members on Flight 182, 2 on the Cessna and 7 people on the ground are killed.

See Also

• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners