"9:02 AM" - A Tribute To PSA Flight 182

Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a Boeing 727 commercial airliner, that collided with a private Cessna 172 over San Diego, California on September 25, 1978. It was Pacific Southwest Airlines' first accident involving fatalities. The death toll of 144 makes it the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history.
Both aircraft crashed into North Park, a San Diego neighborhood, killing all 135 on board the Boeing 727, the two men aboard the Cessna 172 Skyhawk, and seven people on the ground in houses, including two children. Nine others on the ground were injured and 22 homes were destroyed or damaged by the impact and the spreading of debris.
The PSA 182 accident caused the revision of air traffic rules applicable to the busiest airports across the U.S., with the intention of improving separation of aircraft operating in the vicinity of large airports.
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[@misery2375]

I attended Franklin Elementary School in San Diego and the window I sat next to faced West. I would daydream out the window often and that day I saw the plane on fire coming down. I will never forget that day as long as I live. I was just 9 years old. Very sad.

[@laneekivett6008]

My dad was scheduled to be on that flight and due to being overbooked, they asked him if he would mind waiting for the next flight a few hours later. he was ok with that and waited. when he got to San Diego people kept asking if he was a reporter as he always carried cameras. discovered that his original flight had crashed. gives you a different view on things. maybe it's a good thing to be patient. if he had insisted on going on that flight he would be dead.

[@mastrfreakincylinder1903]

A different view ? yeah I 'LL say it does. The only view I care to have the one from inside my skull looking out instead of being outside my school looking in, for fuck's sake.

[@d4wncobra739]

Mastr freakin Cylinder Maybe your next comment will make more sense.

[@tnlaw2004]

D4WN COBRA I wouldn't bet on it

[@MrKilopapa]

Lanee Kivett Praise Jebus!!!!

[@ssscoutkangaroo7467]

Lanee Kivett dang.

[@AHOOSIER]

In respectful memory of those lost 40 years ago today on PSA Flight 182... September 25, 1978, never forgotten.

[@illegalsgottago]

I was on my way to take my daughter to Balboa for an appointment. Guy next to me on the highway honked and pointed up. We both watched in horror as the plane fell and crashed. My sister lived about a half mile from the crash site. When I got to Balboa they said they were getting ready for survivors. Unfortunately I had to tell them I doubted there would be any. I was in the AF and a medic and had seen several military accidents and knew. I refused to fly for almost 5 years after seeing it crash. Sad day for San Diego.

[@smaze1782]

I remember this day like it was yesterday. I was 10 years old and in Elementary school in San Diego. It was unusually hot that day. RIP to all. Some of the first responders spoke of their experiences that day and some of the things they saw were truly horrifying. Torsos in trees and slammed into car doors, there was an alley will just amputated feet in it, body parts everywhere. Most of them said they will never truly recover mentally from the horrors of that day.

[@romansroad2007]

SMaze17 I was in school in the 6 th grade and never forget it it I could hear like 3 big booms and it shook the ground and looking out the window of my school all the birds where flying around crazy

[@wolfcommander12thewatching61]

SMaze17 dear God...

[@camebackcat1487]

Were any of you with me at O.L.S.H?

[@mcsticka]

9:02 am was also the time flight 175 crashed into the WTC on 9/11, and the time when Oaklahoma City Bombing started. A sad time for all of us. May we never forget Flight 182.

[@minicarguy09]

👍

[@HEDGE1011]

PSA 182 made a huge impact on me as a teen and future airline pilot. RIP to all who perished; thank you for being the impetus to give us TCAS. We’re safer because of you, and we’re grateful, yet we’re profoundly sorry about the loss.

[@ToniAliceRusher]

I was suppose to be on this flight. I had reservations just nineteen years old. I am so blessed to be a heavy sleeper. Being late has never again been something that stressed me out..

[@jrvee2010]

ToniAlice Rusher I am very happy to hear you are a heavy sleeper! May every day be a blessing Toni!

[@Mostafa-rq9rm]

+ToniAlice Rusher I call bullshit.

[@davidfoster7173]

It's also a good thing you're a bad liar

[@chn9285]

ToniAlice Rusher omg!

[@Defenseman61913]

lies

[@allonjones9705]

the pilot last words were mom i love ya.its sad that everyone on flight die.

[@fromlaoswithoutlove]

I love yo ma is want u miss mom.

[@galarprince]

Allon Jones I know right this crash is similar to the 1987 Cerritos one in LA!

[@allonjones9705]

UmbreonErick3001 yep

[@jackwade3243]

Where is the goddamn fucking CVR recording? What documentary? Why does no one upload this?? Its bad enough to search for the full tape jesus fucking christ

[@nastypotatoe1865]

Mark Lombardi It's respect for the Family members

[@1MTSRider]

Sept 25, 2015. 37 years ago today. May we never forget those who perished in this tragedy, and lives of those effected by this. A sad sad day that day, I remember that day, just so horrible.

[@TakeMeBackInTimetoProductions]

Dwight street 3360 almost closed were I live I live in 25th street aka Golden Hill need North park

[@dannieweiss]

I was 9 then and still remember like yesterday. I didn't live that close. I was in Anaheim at the time. But I saw it on the news and it really had an impact on me. The lives lost both from the planes and those on the ground was a tragedy. My heart was just broken as a child.

[@christopherking7949]

It was a Monday. I was 11 yrs old and home sick from school. I was sorting baseball cards I had just bought over the weekend at my kitchen table with a large window to my right. I heard a BAM!, followed by the window rattling for a few seconds. I didn't think much of it until later that AM when my mom's boyfriend came home from his graveyard work shift and immediately turned on the TV. It occurred to me: We lived in the flight path of Lindbergh. The PSA plane and the Cessna collided somewhere over my neighborhood. Scary even now to remember that.

[@ericddenison4016]

I was 14 in California and did not know of this until now. Tragic, the 144 lives lost.

[@bettylynn66]

My older brother was on this flight. It was 5 days after my 12th birthday. We lived in El Cajon and remember the smoke but didn't know what it was from until I got home from school. I remember every detail about that day.

[@JustMe-ce8we]

I was a sailor stationed on board a ship at 32nd street Naval Base and I was out on top of the Bridge looking through the Signalman's lookout scope when I witnessed the crash occur. I couldn't believe my eyes, it was very frightening. I think I recall that the Cessna came very close to the Naval Base before it collided with the PSA. I think I tried to tell a few others about it but as I recall no one would believe me. So sorry for all the loss of life and wish that I could have done more to help but I did stop long enough to pray for them.

[@misery2375]

Same for me. I was at school and saw it out the window. I told the boy ahead of me in class I saw a plane on fire in the sky. He became annoyed and told me to shut up. Fifteen minutes later someone came in our class and said school was dismissed due to a plane crash. He looked at me in shock, and I shrugged and said, "Told you." It was a very shocking thing to see, as I couldn't articulate it when it was happening. I remained silent in disbelief at what I was seeing. I'll never forget it. Awful day.

[@larrystansbury9546]

I was there..PSA was best Job I ever had. 3 days up at the crash site worse 3 days of my life. I worked gate 11 (A&B) that day we parked 766, 182 never arrived. Up at crash site we pulled C172 wing of rectory churches roof got covered in avgas taking it down , days later,guy was telling me about wing he took down off of roof did not even remember it was me with him. I think shock does funny things to memory. Big gaps in mine up there. Been 40 years yesterday never talked about it before. Around 40 people that came through the San Diego station that were on that flight who worked for PSA just did not come to work anymore. Very sad for all lives lost RIP to all lost and affected by this tragedy. Cant believe how hard it was to write this.

[@Andrewtalksalot]

thanks for sharing your experience with us. I literally can't even imagine what it must've been like.

[@a_lotusinthemud]

I live just two blocks from Dwight and Nile, I just walked there the other day to see where it happened. I talked to a few people who live in the same houses they did when it happened, they said they still find small parts of the plane still. There is a memorial etched into the sidewalk, it is faded now, and every year on Sept 25th at Saint Luke's Church they have a memorial service and to go the site of the wreck.

[@youredefeeted8136]

+Tracy Kelly Any creepy ghost stories?

[@a_lotusinthemud]

+Larry Barrios I haven't had any personally but I did talk to a few people that lived there when it happened and they said they have had some experiences,

[@youredefeeted8136]

+Tracy Kelly The May 25,1979 O'Hare flight 191 crash site is supposedly very haunted.One man had bad dreams before it crashed,and actress Lindsay Wagoner was supposed to be on the plane but had a bad feeling about the plane.

[@a_lotusinthemud]

+Larry Barrios I would not doubt it at all, I'll have to look that one up , Flight 191. I thought about getting some of my paranormal group together and going to Dwight and Nile with recorders to see if can get any EVPS and such. I did talk to someone yesterday, I went over to the site yesterday and was just standing there paying my respects and laying down flowers, an older gentleman came up to me and asked what I was doing, I told him, he stated "Yes that was a horrible day, my wife and I remember it well, all those body parts and the damage done, the heat from the fire and the smoke, we couldn't get back into our house for a year or so with all the clean up and repair. " I asked him about did he or anyone he know experience any hauntings, He told me about seeing shadowy figures walking around, voices that can't be explained, and someone screaming, I said could it be live people, he told me no,he firmly believes that it's the spirits of those that died in crash.

[@noahh914]

Larry Barrios I really believe in such foreshadowings. I experienced something like that too. It was no plane but a boat crash which could've ended worse.

[@KingDevilCharger]

40 years ago today... September 25, 2018 May all those that perished this day, rest in eternal peace...

[@izzydayid7989]

i was standing on el cajon boulevard, in san diego, heard the boom, looked up, and saw the PSA aircraft, half engulfed in flame, falling straight down. it fell like a rock. the cessna was sent careening across the horizon, and went in to a tail spin as it plummeted. the cessna, reminded me of a ping pong ball that had been swatted by a large ping pong paddle. i was a couple blocks away from the psa aircraft impact. everything was on fire. it was an unholy mess. so many people convverged on the crash scene....emergency vehicles had a hard time entering the area. there was nothing i could do, so after several minutes, i left.

[@kell4809]

do you remember the streets it hit in North Park

[@izzydayid7989]

It was south of El Cajon Boulevard. Very close to the 8:05 freeway. As I recall, the streets running parallel to El Cajon Boulevard were named after American presidents. I can tell you, that area is Forever blighted by the tragedy. Years later one could still feel, in the air, the sense of Gloom that hung over that area. I just Googled it landed at Polk and 32nd. Other debris came down at Dwight and Nile

[@izzydayid7989]

The 7:27 hit the ground about 30 feet North of the intersection of Dwight and Nile Street at a speed of 300 miles per hour. Because of its angle of impact the fuselage of the jet landed in a 12 foot by 6 foot Impact Zone and the resulting compression forces expelled mutilated people luggage and cabin contents out its left side at a high rate of speed. Virtually everything on and in the plane was blown to pieces. Collateral damage like housefires down power lines pools of jet fuel and crowds of onlookers were expertly managed by police and fire Crews. They deserve much of the credit for the fact that the crashes aftermath was safely managed.

[@Jeanninecomeau]

@@izzydayid7989 As I recall, the plane came.down on Dwight and Nile. The Cessna was on Polk.

[@rsankary]

I was 18 at the time. My friend was driving down hwy 94 west and saw the plane coming down. He raced to my house in the college area and told me what had happened. We climbed out on the roof of our house and sure enough you could just see the black smoke coming up. We got in the car and were in the North Park area about 15 minutes after the crash. The small plane crashed about a mile and a half away. One of the engines from the PSA plane just missed an apartment complex not far from where the small plane had crashed...

[@loriebelarde3660]

I also was 18...my father perished on that flight...I hope to recover!

[@jrvee2010]

Lorie Belarde Bad things happen to good people all the time in this life. Don't TRY to forget, just move forward in a positive spirit as much as possible. Long life to you Lorie.

[@NOKNOY1000]

It happend before my mom was born she was born in the 1980.she was born when you are 20

[@jcjcjunk1881]

@@jrvee2010 not spirit airlines tho

[@romansroad2007]

I was in San Diego in school taking a test in the 6 th grade at Blessed Sacrament on El Cajon blvd and I could here the planes crashing It was like a sonic boom like 3 or 4 times I know something happened bad. Then later the V P of the school came in our class room and told us. We then said a prayer for those. My brother was in high school at Saint Agustin and they used the old gym as a temp Storge for the dead. I’ll never forget about that one. God bless them all

[@dannyhrnndz7053]

I was in 5th grade. On that day I had a drs appointment and I didn't go to school. My mom took me to my appointment and I came back to the house. I went outside to play basketball for some reason I look up and I saw the big plane with the right wing on fire. My house is about 10 mins away from were the plane crash. It was so horrible to see what happened and all those people that died. May they all rest in peace. Since that day I have been scare of flying. Alot of scary things happened to people during that crash. So so horrible. May they all rest in peace.

[@ddoyle11]

42 years ago today. RIP.

[@MichaelJohnson-yp1pn]

I was walking across campus at Roosevelt Junior High when I looked up and saw the burning plane. I couldn't believe my eyes. Administrators were running all around. I watched it as it went towards North Park and then literally plummet into the ground. The sound was like a bomb going off. Very sad day. God bless all the people on that plane.

[@MichaelJohnson-yp1pn]

and the ones who got hit on the ground.

[@galarprince]

Michael Johnson I go to that school I'm a 8th grader! And it's now Called Roosevelt International Middle!!!

[@danscharnau1363]

I was going to Rosevelt at the same time.

[@DavidGee51]

The things I've read about this crash are especially saddening...first of all, it didn't crash the way as shown in this video (from Mayday Air Craft Investigation). It hit near the intersection of Dwight and Nile at about a 45 degree angle, pitched to the right, which is the worst way to crash as far as carnage is concerned. The way the plane impacted caused pretty much everyone to be ejected out of the left side, in pieces, all over the neighborhood. One passenger was blown out of the airliner alive, flew 200 yards down the street, and four witnesses stated that they heard him screaming as he flew past them before impacting a car. Even if that only took a couple seconds, what an extra sickening way to die. As safe as flying is, it still scares me because of tragedies like this.

[@a_lotusinthemud]

+David Gee Yes and the wall is still there where a few people hit it, It is painted a beige color now. I drive by that spot and the intersection every day on my way home., the pictures of the neighborhood or just horrible, but today looking at the area you would have never know something happened like that. As I stated in an earlier post I did talk to some people who still live in the area that was around when this happened they find small bits of the plane to this day and have had paranormal experiences, the planes fly very low over this area.

[@carolhutchinson7763]

I think the person mentioned tried to jump out of the plane along with one or two other people, one of whom was a male flight attendant. This was observed by witnesses. I imagine they did this by lowering the back staircase, something possible on a 727. This is how D.B. Cooper parachuted out of the plane he hijacked.

[@DavidGee51]

Carol Hutchinson Carol, first of all the time between the impact of the two planes and the 727's impact with the ground was about 17 seconds. Secondly, that is about the dumbest thing I've ever read.

[@robertjensen1048]

David: You wrote " One passenger was blown out of the airliner alive, flew 200 yards down the street, and four witnesses stated that they heard him screaming as he flew past them before impacting a car." Sorry, but that is not only a lie, it is ridiculous and absurd. Also, it's completely impossible, according to every law of physics. Here is why: the PSA plane---and everyone and everything inside it---impacted the ground at over 300mph. Yep, that is 300, as in THREE hundred. And, it didn't come in flat. It wasn't a belly landing, or a controlled crash. The plane came in almost vertical. Meaning, every single thing on that plane went from 300mph, to 0, in a split second. The g-forces and impact are not survivable. No living thing can survive a crash at that speed. The kinetic force is extraordinary. It is known as an "unsurvivable" event. Not only was every single person on that plane instantly killed, but not a single intact body was found. Not even one. Every single body was torn into multiple pieces. There have been some shots, over the years, leaked to the press, of body parts in the street.

[@LChem1]

You're right. A wing just sliced the roof of a home and the lawn, left 9" V in both, across the street a old guy 70-ish, was rocking on his porch when the plane went by...i walked up to the interesection, oddly saw nothing but computer paper everywhere. 30 minutes max after crash.

[@jbman413]

I saw this happen; me and my buddy were coming up to the fan tail of the USS Never Sail our last day of boot camp. I just happen to look up saw the impact the small aircraft it looked like it disintegrated. I saw the wing burst into flames and I saw her pitch over and go down. The pictures on the net are similar to what I saw but from another angle. Flew out the next day I still remember the newspaper pictures vividly and so we are closing on 36 years. I never had any desire to be in aviation, but that was the choice GOD and the Navy made for me.(Company 116 RTC San Diego 1978).

[@tangentcreative1]

Terrible thing to witness. Thanks for your service.

[@rlr50]

I was stationed at North Island the day this happened. Smoke and flames were visible from across the bay.

[@debwood1999]

I can't even imagine the terror that was going through the passengers and crew of both planes, especially the PSA plane. May the victims rest in peace, and may their families find comfort.

[@Naarth]

So many lives lost that day. Rest In Peace 😔

[@richardfickess4349]

I witnessed this accident from my school and it has always bothered me about the graphics. The PSA jet NEVER made a left turn as shown. It was a right turn from Mission Valley onto it's base over North Park where the collision happened. PSA was NOT suppose to be in that area, as it's a short cut to the airport. They were suppose to go down wind to El Cajon, u-turn to the right and line up for final. My cousin was on board as the head stewardess and her husband was a captain for PSA. He was NOT on the plane, but I knew my cousin who died that day along with a another person on the ground who was on the phone when the plane took out her house. Very sad day for San Diego.

[@mastrfreakincylinder1903]

hey rich with that being said you may want to schedule a brake inspection for the ole pickup down at midas......ya never know.

[@RCGoetzke]

The PSA, which flew south from L.A. to San Diego, made a left turn onto its downwind leg heading east. The collision occurred as it initiated a right turn onto its crosswind leg heading south again, before it would have made another right turn onto its final approach heading west.

[@robertjensen1048]

Rich, let me get this straight: You knew two people who died, and one was on the plane AND ANOTHER one was on the GROUND? Are you serious? Look, I ain't calling you a liar, but the odds of that story being true as you tell it, has to be ten million to one.

[@unicornsandrainbowsandchic2336]

San Diego, and Southern California in general, was much "smaller" in the 70's. This was entirely possible.

[@LChem1]

I was visiting nearby. Neighbor said he saw bodies fall out of a plane. I could see smoke maybe one mile, we drove up. Friends boss lost his wife and daughter when plane landed on car, on way to school. I stood at Dwight and Nile and oddly saw no bodies, only Reams of computer paper everywhere

[@jahwangful]

I'm always confusing PSA 182 with Aeromexico crash in 1986... Both accidents were very similar !

[@sbinsdca]

Similar aircraft DC-9 and Piper in Cerritos

[@mtlassen1992]

I remember this well. I lived in Sacramento at the time. But, 5 years ago, I moved to North Park, about a 1/4 mile from the accident site. I went jogging one evening and stopped at Dwight and Nile because my cousin called me on my cell. As I talked to her, I was looking down and saw deep gouges in the sidewalk, all going the same direction, away from the point of impact. Its a powerful place to be, lots of thoughts racing through my head. So many people died in an instant on that exact spot.

[@macmiles278]

My God I'm so sorry even 42 years later. R.I.P. 😢😢🙏🙏

[@donlove3741]

I remember being awakened by the boom.. Looked out and saw the black smoke.. I was living on boundary along the 805..

[@randomseas4708]

The PSA 182 was a sad experience But it had to show one more smile

[@pawsnclaws2115]

Why did you cut out the part where the pilot said.." I love you mom"

[@sbinsdca]

ma

[@alphonsozorro7952]

He never said that.

[@mateusloubach]

both "I love you mom" and "this is it baby" were cut off..

[@RamTruckSteeringFix]

I was in 9th grade at Christian High School in El Cajon that fateful morning. I saw the huge black plum of smoke 20 miles west in San Diego and convinced our history teacher to turn on the TV to see what large explosion or what not had happened. The entire class watched in fascinated horror as the TV news crews unfolded what little they knew about this tragic crash. It was clear many lives were lost. Our teacher Greg Webster had us all pray in turn for the many victims in San Diego that day! Turns out the plane crashed just 1 mile from my fathers townhome & very near Adams Ave Elementary where my Mom taught. A sad day for San Diego. The only upside is that ATC procedures have been vastly improved due to crashes like this & Cerritos Aeromexico flight, among several others, and that now such occurance are growing much rarer. When I was growing up in the early 70's, each summer when travel season was high, it seemed like several major air crashes where all lives were lost were expected - now they are comparatively rare. Now everytime I fly I am reminded how blessed we are and give thanks to God & remember those whose lives were lost in the process of advancing safety for us, their unknowing beneficiaries !

[@friendlysky7674]

The interesting thing is that after looking at all the victims, they weren’t just from California, one was from Virginia

[@yudiyudi2201]

So sad everyone died in that crash

[@divineperigrinefalcon1891]

P.S.A. had an excellent service and the most lovely stewardesses in aviation history. Going back to the late 60,s and early 70,s. I was 5, 6,7, yrs old but remember them well. Nevertheless, R.I.P. to all the victims. R.I.P. P.S.A. After all these yrs. Still miss you.

[@sisophous]

From the time of the mid air collision to the time of impact with the ground took all of just 17 seconds. I hate to think of the fear of the passengers during that span of time knowing their lives were ending.

[@richarerichrichards9222]

+sisophous when first responders found the airliners seats they were soaked in urine, that's how scared they were.

[@a_lotusinthemud]

+richarerich richards Never heard of that and I have done a lot of research on this for a book I am writing.

[@sisophous]

+Tracy Kelly I have read the same thing that richards posted about the urine on a thread covering this topic. If you google search this flight you will likely come across the discussion about this topic. I read it about a year ago. I am not saying anything posted on a thread is accurate but it is interesting to read. I also read about one passenger was thrown from the impact and was alive and screaming while being propelled down the street. Multiple people claimed to have seen this. Just search the web.

[@a_lotusinthemud]

+sisophous Thanks for the info. Yes I have heard about the person that was screaming, I think locals at the time called him "superman" because he looked like superman flying through the air, I think the person you are referring to landed on someone's windshield.

[@RamTruckSteeringFix]

yes sir theres no doubt about that ! I was about 14 at this time & I recall the visceral horror of the whole tragedy - very strong having been living there nearby and it played a part in my becoming a Christian, of getting serious about giving my life to Christ ! I just couldn't get it out of my mind & heart about how quick life can end, and there you are face to face with God having had little or no warning. So, God used this tragedy in my life in a positive way and I know in the lives of others near to me. We had a house only a mile away & if just a couple of things were just a tiny bit different, it could well have been our home PSA 182 fell on. So, I pray that all others realize the brevity of life & God's grace that we should respond in Trust & Love - in that case, even a tragedy such as this will be but a graduation to Gods Great reality and not just a dark ending.

[@Neotropic2012]

I will never forget this day! I was 5 years old in my kindergarten class at Adams Elementary School. The whole school shook! Teacher was all... "that is probably is a plane landing". I kid you not, that is what she said! All of us San Diegans know that can not be true from this location to where the airport is. But in some regards, she was correct! Then... having to drive passed it to get home, think my parents wanted to check it out. OMG THE DISASTER! I will not EVER forget everything I saw in that crash. Also, for at least a decade after, people still dug up bones from the crash in their backyards. It would be on the news.

[@robertxing8565]

Did you know that the Cessna's last words were"hear that...hear that! THAT IS A JET PLANE SH*T"

[@macattack14778]

My Dad's friends uncle's sisters cousins friends dog was in the lower compartment. Rip Stains.

[@bubhub64]

Mother of God! May all their souls RIP.

[@Sandrajanetq]

This is so sad!

[@iceturkee1950]

i heard about this shortly after being stationed at north island in july 1981. flew in and out of lindberg field several times. use to hate it.

[@yokaironin1197]

May you all rest in peace :'(

[@SashaRaeFierce]

This crash was covered on faces of death. It was said that nothing but skin and bones covered the inside and outside of the plane...no. Whole body was detectable

[@brendabarnard7779]

I was in the 6 grade up at Adams school when it was went down right next to my grand moms restcare .

[@romansroad2007]

Brenda Barnard Wow I was in the 6 th grade too on El Cajon blvd at Blessed Sacrament school. I could hear like 3 big booms

[@danscharnau1363]

I went to Adams

[@BenjaminBowling777]

There's been three mid air collisions in California involving 727s.

[@friendlysky7674]

The last known remains of a PSA flight 182 victim were found in 1996 between 2 houses. A skeleton head, the gender has not been determined yet (as of 2022)

[@robertjensen1048]

The compression and G-forces resulting from the approximately 350 knots (400 mph; 650 km/h) impact speed resulted in a scene of incredible carnage as the passengers and crew were mutilated and dismembered. According to an NTSB investigator, "[The NTSB] estimated that that the 727 was going a little under 400 miles per hour (350 kn; 640 km/h) when it impacted that garage floor. This created a pressure wave that traveled back through the passenger cabin ripping open the top right side of the passenger cabin like it was a bag of chips and then expelling everything out of that passenger cabin through the rip at over 200 miles per hour (170 kn; 320 km/h). This had an effect like a paper shredder. Of all the people that were aboard this flight only four bodies were recovered completely intact. Solace can be taken in the fact that it is very highly unlikely that anyone in the passenger cabin survived the initial pressure wave when it hit them. Their death while a horrible thought was very very quick and everyone was already dead before their bodies were ejected from the plane and dismembered. The reports of body parts in trees and bushes are correct and were not exaggerated. Veteran news reporters that had thought they had seen it all in their careers could be seen throwing up in the gutters along with some police officers. An aircraft crash site is never pretty and is something you won't soon forget if you have the unfortunate luck of witnessing one but this one goes down as probably the worst of the worst. The NTSB ended up having to send their investigators of this crash to psychiatrists after they concluded their investigation and I had read that the S.D. police and fire departments offered the same thing to their personnel that responded to this crash site." The only intact bodies belonged to two flight attendants, First Officer Fox, and one passenger. Captain McFerron's remains were never identified.[1]:8

[@friendlysky7674]

Crazy that only 2 bodies were flight attendants and then First Officer Fox😐

[@Mezmerize-gw1jl]

Those poor people had no idea What was about to happen. They thought it was just another day🛫✈️🛬🔥🔥

[@steam6390]

Всегда грустно, когда погибают невинные.

[@langkawiaviation]

It's my second worst mid air collision in my list for mid air collision accident.

[@davidca96]

Damn I was 5 days old when this happened.

[@victorchecketts1088]

after seeing the video of the plane crash i will never fly again

[@diegocardenas7421]

Who would say that 25 years later, on September 11, United flight 175 would crash in the south tower at the same time: 9:02 AM

[@friendlysky7674]

Incorrect, 23 years later.

[@danadelaney7780]

Did the crash take out the 727's hydraulics I wonder? May God rest the souls of those who died in that HORRIBLE crash!!!!

[@RCGoetzke]

The NTSB investigation could not determine that. Regardless, the damaged flaps and slats on the right wing resulted in loss of the required aerodynamics and the plane was uncontrollable. I visited the site about a month after the accident, and it looked as if a bomb had destroyed the whole block.

[@danadelaney7780]

I remember the crash VERY VIVIDLY, like it was YESTERDAY!!!

[@sgt.s.w.gaudreau3699]

I Was At Marine Corps Boot Camp When This Happened...My Platoon Was On The Parade Deck And Witnessed The Crash...It Was Terrible...I Still Can't Watch The Video Without Having Anxiety Because Of It...

[@mastrfreakincylinder1903]

Real fuckin comforting to those of us who live breath and sleep under the blanket of security you provide....Put down that cheap can of beer or finish it, wipe the tears, gather your composuer and get out their soldier and get those bodies off the sidewalk, here's a sharpie, several sandwich bags and a couple of toothpicks. 'I cant heeeeaaaarr you"

[@toemblem]

A sad day. I was only 5 years old but I vividly remember this day.

[@70MarYa]

R.I.P Passengers and Crew and PSA

[@skeleton_keys]

Goodbye PSA 182-37 years

[@2coryman]

Rest In God’s Eternal Peace all of them. God bless them all and their loved ones, I saw the flames from aboard the carpenter Shop in the USS Jason AR-8, later on I saw a sailor on TV crunched in pain at the airport as he had been waiting for his mom that had come to visit him in San Diego. I felt so much sorrow for him as I thought of my mom still living Thanks God, God Bless that sailor and God Bless his mom always and all who died there and in all air disasters

[@UltraMarioBros]

poor small plane

[@stratus262j2]

I know someone who witnessed this crash. The 727 DID overtake the cessna, striking the jet's nosewheel that had just been lowered. the remains of the cessna then cartwheeled back and struck the inboard section of the jet's right wing, and some smaller pieces were ingested into the jet's engines. The cessna was on an IFR training flight, and the pilot had been instructed to fly a heading of 070 - instead, for reasons unknown, he was flying 090 which put him in line with the jet's heading. The PSA crew did nothing wrong. The rest is history. Terrible & tragic crash.

[@mattyk19751]

PSA crew was rumored to have been partying heavily the night before in Sacramento.

[@stratus262j2]

mattyk19751 This may be true. However, CVR transcripts show the flight crew was actively searching for the Cessna up until the moment of impact. Some reports have faulted them for not sighting the smaller plane. I don't buy it. For one thing, the Cessna was in their blind spot - directly underneath the nose - and I can tell you from experience that spotting a Cessna 172 against a metropolitan landscape is difficult. The white paint on top the Cessna's wings blends in with the features below making it nearly impossible to see at times. This is especially true under hazy sky conditions so common along the CA coast.

[@mattyk19751]

I did not know that! thanks!

[@RCT3Crashes100]

Stratus 262J Surely you would think to get out of the way if you heard a massive airliner bearing down on you?

[@stratus262j2]

RCT3Crashes100 In this scenario the 727 is flying slow under reduced thrust and the noise level inside the 172 is quite loud.

[@Ducksauce33]

this was the crash at the end of the original Faces of death. With the body parts everywhere.

[@noahh914]

Ducksauce Really? Somewhere I read that they had to use water to rub down the bodies from the walls because they seemingly “melted“ into the walls.

[@Ducksauce33]

I didn't see that. That sounds more like some kind of thermobaric bomb type of aftermath. Here's the clip I was referring to just be warned it's graphic near the end. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJvHm56jlsl0hNUh31m36s

[@noahh914]

Ducksauce Thanks! Yes, there's a lot rumor about a 'flying superman' who was blasted out of the plane, screaming like a pig and crashing into a car. Other people say they had to sandblast the bodies from the walls.

[@DJTrickiMusic]

Bergbau Hansi like a "pig"?

[@noahh914]

KWB That's what they say.

[@robertjensen1048]

I lived 7 miles from the crash, and saw the huge smoke cloud from the fires. Worst day in San Diego history.

[@camebackcat1487]

I saw this crash with my own two eyes, in 6th grade, from the second story of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Elementary under the harsh training of Sister Elizabeth.

[@camebackcat1487]

The ongoing school yard dark humor joke was PSA = People Scattered All-over. It was maybe a dozen blocks away from my school.

[@jena.alexia]

​@@camebackcat1487There was a similar "joke" after the Challenger disaster re: what does NASA stand for? As a kid we thought it was funny, not so much now. 😬

[@deanarupe73]

They would've been flying into the sun that Monday morning. That would've made it hard to see the the cesna that morning. Especially because of the color of the cesna being yellow and white. I have never heard anyone come to this conclusion either. But they would've been blinded by the sun at 9:02 a.m. that morning.

[@pilotkidftw7342]

This is It baby

[@alphonsozorro7952]

He never said that.

[@galarprince]

Let's Remember This Tragic Day! Let's Remember all The Victims in That Day! (09/25/75-09/25/16).

[@mastrfreakincylinder1903]

And most above all..................lets remember to drive, a life changing decision, without doubt.

[@kuusik100]

2:30 VERY VERY close to the house

[@39PSIOnTheDaily]

Guy pops in the Senna movie theme, like nobody will notice.

[@hotforteacher7540]

I wonder if this felt like 9/11 in 1978? In term of disasters?

[@prezzistyle]

name of the song :... strange justice senna

[@xavierfoster5390]

Un error completamente de la torre

[@cisco1218]

At the 2.38 mark, Looks like one of the pilots and a parachute that didn’t open. The Cessna comes down on the left then a second later, on the right, it looks like a person with a parachute undeployed. There were several eyewitnesses at the time who said they saw a person fall trying to deploy a parachute.

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

this is why i hate private planes. stop getting in the way of commercial aircraft. you guys are not on the radar

[@jviation737]

Firstly, it's not a "private plane". A private plane is like a Gulfstream of Learjet. Secondly, every single pilots has to train in a similar aircraft to this one. This was a learning/recreational aircraft and due to ATC not having fully modernized displays and the Cessna/727 unaware of the traffic, this occured

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

Thanks for elaborating my point.

[@jviation737]

shane Echuveria​ As you probably read, not fully dectable radars probably are to blame

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

I know

[@datboi3213]

My mom said one Korean mother was taking care of her newborn and her mom came to Korea to take care of the newborn too and the plane crashed killing all of them the husband was at work

[@sbinsdca]

That was the crash up near MCAS Miramar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_San_Diego_F/A-18_crash

[@alphonsozorro7952]

@@sbinsdca But the US military has yet to pay compensation for the accident to the family of the victims. All the while, Pentagon terrorists kill at will and destroy property abroad, with total impunity!

[@arandomhandle33444]

rip

[@RCGoetzke]

Sunlight would not be beaming through the starboard windows at 9:02 AM.

[@mastrfreakincylinder1903]

and a meterology nerd wouldn't be splittinhairs or slamming dramatization if a friend or relaive was on that flight....who cares dick ?

[@mastrfreakincylinder1903]

ok here it goes man sorry for that. Good call your sharpe.

[@RCGoetzke]

Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere, not the analysis of the position of the earth in relation to the sun at a given time. P.S. Use your spell check, idiot boy.

[@Lochyocky]

And sadness

[@fromlaoswithoutlove]

Goodbye everybody

[@fromlaoswithoutlove]

2:09

[@NOKNOY1000]

The music sounds sadder than the story

[@TakeMeBackInTimetoProductions]

Yeah I wonder what it's called

[@lanawest6309]

Thip Say the music ruined an otherwise good video.

[@prezzistyle]

this music was in the senna film

[@prezzistyle]

strange justice senna

I suggest you research the story, then. You'll be disturbed beyond comprehension if you have an ounce of humanity.

[@tinotendamandizvidza1903]

One year today

[@Dangbruhshshs]

Poor cenna

[@NOKNOY1000]

There's two pilots that are passengers

[@Smiles2U4Ever]

Fuck flying I'll walk

[@user-fr7fi3sv4h]

👍

[@snaildaddy3941]

2:09 is that the actual footage of the plane going down?

[@XtremeGamerDude20]

***** No.

[@richwahneEXPERTSmadeEasy]

Dylan Tews Dylan is correct! There was no video of the 727, but there was video of the Cessna. One HUGE error, the 727 did not overtake the Cessna...this video is HORRIBLY wrong!!!!!!!

[@snaildaddy3941]

I thought there was video but i got mixed up. It was photos that were taken, not videos.

[@NOKNOY1000]

No it's not

[@NOKNOY1000]

That will be A.M did you mean 2:09 P.M

[@paranormalsecurity2568]

Somebody have this video completed nat geo?

[@summerholliday44]

did they see the cessna? if so why'd the hit?

[@summerholliday44]

i dont think they did that...i think they lost him...then he showed up outta nowhere

[@Andrewtalksalot]

they had nothing else to do that day. Seriously, what kind of question is that?

[@armchairjudge]

So the Cessna pilot screwed up causng everyone else to die. Someone always screws up and causes death. RIP. Sad. All thosel iives with dreams and hopes. Gone in the most horrific way. How many millions have died because of crappy judgment on someone's part of lack of skill?

[@stardustdreamfactory1947]

Nope. Do a bit more research. Cessna was doing touch and go and was exactly where he was supposed to be. The PSA pilot was off course and the controller mishandled the situation.

[@tifk8864]

Even the most skilled pilots can make the simplest mistakes

[@joedalby4401]

Its sad to know that there was no survivors and that this crash could of been prevented but on the other hand I don't think anyone should blame the pilots or the controllers for this because even though we will never know why the pilot of the Cessna didn't make way for the 727, the fact is that with the 727 above and behind him and also he was on a training flight it would have been very difficult for him to see it. Also with the 727 pilots doing their landing steps and them having just over 10 seconds to see and avoid a collision, the pilots would have been facing a crisis. Even though the controllers made a few mistakes that may have made the situation worse for the pilots, just put yourself in their shoes and you would see how hard it is to keep an eye on two aircraft out of so many others you also have to keep an eye on. The simple fact is that you people can point fingers any direction you want about this but if you look into the people who were involved in this tragedy you can see why this makes sense and also the most important thing is that this crash made flying around most airports safer. Lots of roses for the people who perished in this disaster which struck the lovely village of DWIGHT Street.

[@joedalby4401]

Well I do know a lot about this because I have watched the episode from air crash investigation 100's of times and other documentaries related but if you still think someone should have been blamed for this that's fine by me I mean I am just putting down my own opinion that in this case you should not blame people for this.

[@jdshemp]

@@joedalby4401 What none of you know,is that the crew was still under the influence from a big crew party in a Sacramento hotel room, The NTSB and FAA covered this fact up,they edited out the CVR at the Gate at KLAX,where the flight crew was discussing the party,and their lack of sleep.books.google.com/books?id=0Lte8pweTa0C&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=Rodney+Stich+PSA+182&source=bl&ots=nkK72fQDh1&sig=ACfU3U04CAdC_cmGkDK1fZ-w6ODnqZQBMw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVr_qkpoTnAhXmYd8KHf4aDrcQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Rodney%20Stich%20PSA%20182&f=false

[@jdshemp]

@Goose Tater books.google.com/books?id=0Lte8pweTa0C&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=Rodney+Stich+PSA+182&source=bl&ots=nkK72fQDh1&sig=ACfU3U04CAdC_cmGkDK1fZ-w6ODnqZQBMw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVr_qkpoTnAhXmYd8KHf4aDrcQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Rodney%20Stich%20PSA%20182&f=false

[@dasheekee]

Control tower caused this

[@ediblepaper746]

That plane crashed on my step dads best friends house and killed everyone except his best friend. My step dads house also got burned down.

The Music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWfFhqSHeJ6tjZI

[@mimounsalah7085]

😱😱😱😫😫😫

[@yudiyudi2201]

I blame the cessna pilot because in the crash the cessna pilot is not in radar and lack of focus

[@rhagedorn]

+Yudi Yudi I agree. You can't blame the ATC for this. It would've happened even if the cessna pilot wasn't wearing the hood. If anyone was to blame however it was the instructor for not being in contact with the ATC.

[@reverse-type2-diabetes]

Terrible

[@TheSixteen60]

...

[@TheStarcoMarco]

And there is another Plane Crash. this time in Los Angeles in the year of 1986.

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

That one is known as The Cerritos Mexicana Crash. Another private plane in the way of an airliner.