Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182

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Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) flight from Sacramento to San Diego, California with a stopover in Los Angeles. On September 25, 1978, the Boeing 727-214 serving the flight (registration: N533PS) and a private Cessna 172 (light aircraft; N7711G) collided mid-air over San Diego. It was PSA's first fatal accident and it remains the deadliest air disaster in California history. It was the deadliest air crash to occur in the United States until the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 in May 1979. It currently stands as the seventh-deadliest non-intentional crash to occur on American soil. Following their collision, both the Boeing and the Cessna crashed into North Park, a residential but urban uptown neighborhood located roughly three miles northeast of downtown San Diego. PSA 182 crashed just north of the intersection of Dwight and Nile Streets, killing all 135 people aboard the aircraft along with seven bystanders on the ground or residents in...

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