Cockpit Audio From Pacific Southwest Airlines, Flight 182

[deanmine]

September 25, 1978
San Diego, California
Pacific Southwest Airlines, Flight 182
Boeing B-727-214
N533PS

This was a midair collision. The PSA was descending and about to land at Lindbergh Field. The Cessna was climbing while engaged in practice approaches. The 727 overtook and struck the Cessna from the rear.

The primary cause was the PSA crew lost sight of the Cessna and did not make that fact known to the ATC. The ATC failed to realize from the PSA transmissions that they lost sight of the Cessna. One hundred thirty-five killed on the PSA, two on the Cessna and seven on the ground.

You can see more pictures from the crash of flight 182 here:
http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...crashed-65835/

APP = San Diego Approach
TWR = Lindbergh Tower
PSA RT 1 = Radio transmission, Captain
PSA RT 2 = Radio transmission, First Officer
CAM = Cockpit area mike
CAM 1 = Captain
CAM 2 = First Officer
Cam 3 = Flight Engineer
Cam 4 = Deadheading Captain
?? = unknown.

08.59:30 APP PSA one eighty-two, traffic twelve o'clock, one mile northbound.
08.59:35 PSA RT 1 We're looking.
08.59:30 APP PSA one eighty-two, additional traffic's, ah, twelve o'clock, three miles just north of the field northwest bound, a Cessna one seventy-two climbing VFR out of one thousand four hundred.
08:59:50 PSA RT 2 Okay, we've got that other twelve.
08.59:57 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 APP PSA one eighty-two, traffic's at twelve o'clock, three miles out of one thousand seven hundred.
09.00:21 CAM 2 Got'em.
09.00:22 PSA RT 1 Traffic in sight.
09.00:23 APP Okay, sir, maintain visual separation, contact Lindbergh tower one three three point three, have a nice day now.
09.00:28 PSA RT 1 Okay.
09.00:34 PSA RT 1 Lindbergh PSA one eighty-two downwind.
09.00:38 TWR PSA one eighty-two, Lindbergh tower, ah, traffic twelve o'clock one mile a Cessna.
09.00:41 CAM-2 Flaps five.
09.00:43 CAM 1 Is that the one we're looking at.
09.00:43 CAM 2 Yeah, but I don't see him now.
09.00:44 PSA RT 1 Okay, we had it there a minute ago.
09.00:47 TWR One eighty-two, roger.
09.00:50 PSA RT 1 I think he's passed off to our right.
09.00:51 TWR Yeah.
09.00:52 CAM 1 He was right over here a minute ago.
09.00:53 TWR How far are you going to take your downwind one eighty-two, company traffic is waiting for departure.
09.00:57 PSA RT 1 Ah probably about three to four miles.
09.00:59 TWR Okay.
09.01:07 TWR PSA one eighty-two, cleared to land.
09.01:08 PSA RT 1 One eighty-two's cleared to land.
09.01:11 CAM 2 Are we clear of that Cessna?
09.01:13 CAM- Suppose to be.
09.01:14 CAM 1 I guess.
09.01:20 CAM 4 I hope.
09.01:21 CAM-1 Oh yeah, before we turned downwind, I saw him about one o'clock, probably behind us now.
09.01:38 CAM-2 There's one underneath.
09.01:39 CAM 2 I was looking at that inbound there.
09.01:45 CAM 1 Whoop!
09.01:46 CAM 2 Aghhh!
09.01:47 CAM Sound of impact
09.01:48 CAM 1 On shit!
09.01:49 CAM-1 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 CAM-1 What have we got here?
09.01:52 CAM-2 It's bad.
09.01:53 CAM-2 We're hit man, we are hit.
09.01:56 RDO-1 Tower, we're going down, this is PSA.
09.01:57 TWR Okay, we'll call the equipment for you.
09.01:58 CAM [sound of stall warning]
CAM 1 This is it baby!
CAM ? Bob [name of F/O]
CAM 1 Brace yourself.
CAM ? Hey baby..
CAM? Ma I love you..
09.02:04 [End of recording]

[Pyramid_Head]

How sad, seeing the last words.

[Cool_Dog_Group]

Growing up in San Diego, this flight was a legacy that adults would talk about quite a bit. I wasn't alive when the event happened, but seeing the faces of people who worked on the scene whenever they have to travel is a thing to behold.

[kellyhound]

chilling

[dropkic]

Out of all the plane crashes this is the one that bothers me the most. Maybe because I've flown into San Diego and I know what its like and that airport has always been one the most dangerous. Also, seeing how most of the passengers that where killed looked like they just went thru a meat grinder, with body parts strewn everywhere, in trees, in houses, it was nasty bloody mess. Many 1st responders were traumatized by that event. I only wished that the guy I've seen filming for a TV reporter on scene right after the crash, would share his video. I have yet to find that film and chances are, I'll never see it.

[Bletch]

Horrific disaster. I’ve seen pictures of the gore that followed, body parts on roofs, splashed against walls etc. not sure if it was here or some other site. But it stuck with me.

[cainmarko]

[cainmarko]

Originally Posted by dropkic

Out of all the plane crashes this is the one that bothers me the most. Maybe because I've flown into San Diego and I know what its like and that airport has always been one the most dangerous. Also, seeing how most of the passengers that where killed looked like they just went thru a meat grinder, with body parts strewn everywhere, in trees, in houses, it was nasty bloody mess. Many 1st responders were traumatized by that event. I only wished that the guy I've seen filming for a TV reporter on scene right after the crash, would share his video. I have yet to find that film and chances are, I'll never see it.

[Ninjavandal]

That's about as horrifying as it gets.

[Nacho Man]

I grew up in San Diego. My dad told me a story about how he was on the phone with his friend who lived in North Park when the plane went down.
He could hear the impact in the background. Being that my dad had spent some time in the Air Force, he was quite familiar with that sound. Something you never forget.