# Incident 19791118044409I: Boeing 727214, San Diego, CA, November 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1979, 12:05 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Lindbergh International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PSA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555PS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727214
- People aboard: 226
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,409 total, 8,717 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791118044409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DUE TO SYSTEMS ERROR, TOWER CONTROLLER PLACED TWO AIRCRAFT ON COLLISION COURSE, ONE DEPARTING, ONE LANDING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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