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

At 9:01 AM 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, flown by two Commercial-rated pilots (not by a single student pilot as often incorrectly cited), clipped the right wing of Flight 182, sending both crashing into the neighborhood below. The subsequent National Transportation Safety Board investigation concluded that the primary cause of the accident was the failure of the PSA flight crew to follow proper Air Traffic Control (ATC) procedures, although serious errors on the part of ATC were also named as a contributing factor. This accident led to significant changes in ATC procedures around busy commercial airports.

128 passengers and 7 crew members on Flight 182, 2 on board the Cessna and 7 people on the ground were killed. The Flight 182 disaster remains the single worst aircraft accident in California history.

See also

• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners

External links

• AirDisaster.com special report on the PSA Flight 182 disaster
• The full report of the NTSB investigation into the PSA Flight 182 accident