# Accident 20051211029442A: Cessna 172A, Corona, CA, December 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8833° N, 117.6042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8833&lon=-117.6042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7187T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7187T-2025-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051211029442A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MIDAIR COLLISION IN LANDING PATTERN AT AJO. STEERMAN (N65696) STRUCK C-172 (N7187T). COLLISION OCCURRED ON SHORT FINAL WHEN LOW WING AIRCRAFT, STEERMAN, STRUCK HIGH WING AIRCRAFT FROM ABOVE AND BEHIND. THE PILOT IN THE STEERMAN WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING AND HIS AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN ON TOP OF THE C-172 WHILE THAT PILOT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other aircraft in the event

- N65696, Boeing B75N1: [Accident 20051211029441A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051211029441A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX06LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA056), Dec 11, 2005: Cessna 172A (N7187T), Corona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of both pilots to see and avoid each other during traffic pattern operations at a non-towered airport.

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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