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California: Boeing 727-200, Cessna 172: The Boeing 727 experienced a mid-air collision with a private aircraft during approach due to their failure to strictly adhere to air traffic control procedures, killing everyone aboard both aircraft as well as 7 on the ground. May 8, 1978 3 11 55 National Airlines Flight 193: Escambia Bay, near Pensacola ...
Consolidated B-24D-165-CO Liberator, 42-72887, [194] c/n 2447, [188] of Biggs Field, Texas, piloted by 2d Lt. Donald E. Hermo, makes a crash landing 30 miles N of Biggs following mechanical failure. [182] (An Associated Press wire report gives the location as "about 35 miles north of El Paso.") Seven crew are killed and one critically injured.
4 January – A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed into a marshy area near Bayou Penchant, Louisiana. The helicopter operated by Petroleum Helicopters was flying oil workers to a Shell Petroleum Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico from Gibson, Louisiana resulting in 8 fatalities and 1 passenger rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. [43]
1978 San Diego mid air collision, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk N7711G and a PSA 727-214 N533PS collided over San Diego on September 25 1978 killing over 135 passengers on the 727 and 2 on the Cessna, 7 were killed on ground making it 144 deaths. and injuring 9 on ground. 727 crashed at 9:02:04.5 PST
It was the second fatal helicopter crash in Southern California this week. On Tuesday, five Marines died when a military craft went down in Pine Valley, about 40 miles east of San Diego. The ...
The crash late Sunday afternoon in the desert about 85 miles (137 kilometers) east of Los Angeles involved a huge Sikorsky S-64E and a smaller Bell 407. The larger Sikorsky landed safely.
The Mosquito Fire, now the largest fire in California this year, is at 20% containment.
When the helicopter lifted off, the weather was 0.5-mile (0.8 km) visibility, gusty winds, heavy rain, and overcast with a 200-foot (60 m) ceiling. [6] Using pilotage to navigate from one landmark to another at an altitude just below the cloud base, the pilot proceeded through the city of Vallejo and began following California State Route 37.