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WHERE: San Diego, CA
WHEN: September 25 1978 9:02am
DETAILS: Midair collision. Failure of the flight crew of Pacific Southwest to comply
with the provisions of a maintain-visual-separation clearance.
AIRCRAFT: Boeing 727-214
REGO: N533PS
Occupants: 7 crew + 128 passengers = 135
Fatalities: 7 crew + 128 passengers = 135
Survivors: 0 crew + 0 passengers = 0


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08.59:30 San Diego APP PSA one eighty-two, traffic twelve o'clock, one mile northbound
08.59:35 CAPTAIN (radio) We're looking
08.59:30 San Diego APP PSA one eighty-two, additional traffic's, ah, twelve o'clock, three miles just north of the field northwestbound, a Cessna one seventy-two climbing VFR out of one thousand four hundred.
08:59:50 1st OFF (radio) Okay, we've got that other twelve.
08.59:57 San Diego APP Cessna seven seven one one golf, San Diego departure radar contact,maintain VFR conditions at or below three thousand five hundred, fly heading zero seven zero, vector final approach course,
09.00:16 San Diego APP PSA one eighty-two, traffic's at twelve o'clock, three miles out of one thousand seven hundred.
09.00:21 1st OFFICER Got'em.
09.00:22 CAPTAIN (radio) Traffic in sight.
09.00:23 San Diego APP Okay, sir, maintain visual separation, contact Lindbergh tower one three three point three, have a nice day now.
09.00:28 CAPTAIN (radio) Okay
09.00:34 CAPTAIN (radio) Lindbergh PSA one eighty-two downwind.
09.00:38 TOWER PSA one eighty-two, Lindbergh tower, ah, traffic twelve o'clock one mile a Cessna
09.00:41 1st OFFICER Flaps five
09.00:43 CAPTAIN Is that the one we're looking at.
09.00:43 1st OFFICER Yeah, but I don't see him now.
09.00:44 CAPTAIN (radio) Okay, we had it there a minute ago.
09.00:47 TOWER One eighty-two, roger.
09.00:50 CAPTAIN (radio)I think he's pass(sed) off to our right.
09.00:51 TOWER Yeah.
09.00:52 CAPTAIN He was right over here a minute ago.
09.00:53 TOWER How far are you going to take your downwind one eighty-two, company traffic is waiting for departure.
09.00:57 CAPTAIN (radio) Ah probably about three to four miles.
09.00:59 TOWER Okay.
09.01:07 TOWER PSA one eighty-two, cleared to land.
09.01:08 CAPTAIN (radio) One eighty-two's cleared to land.
09.01:11 1st OFFICER Are we clear of that Cessna?
09.01:13 2nd OFFICER Suppose to be.
09.01:14 CAPTAIN I guess.
09.01:20 CAM-4 I hope.
09.01:21 CAPTAIN Oh yeah, before we turned downwind, I saw him about one o'clock, probably behind us now.
09.01:38 1st OFFICER There's one underneath.
09.01:39 1st OFFICER I was looking at that inbound there.
09.01:45 CAPTAIN Whoop!
09.01:46 1st OFFICER Aghhh!
09.01:47 CAM Sound of impact
09.01:49 CAPTAIN Easy baby, easy baby.
09.01:51 CAM [sound of electrical system reactivation tone on cvr, system off less than one second]
09.01:51 CAPTAIN What have we got here?
09.01:52 1st OFFICER It's bad.
09.01:53 1st OFFICER We're hit man, we are hit.
09.01:56 CAPTAIN (radio) Tower, we're going down, this is PSA.
09.01:57 TOWER Okay, we'll call the equipment for you.
09.01:58 CAM [sound of stall warning]
09.02:04.5 CAM [end of recording]





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