# Accident 20080120010451A: Cessna 172N, Corona, CA, January 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2008, 15:34 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8822° N, 117.6175° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8822&lon=-117.6175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737EJ-2008-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080120010451A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MID AIR COLLISION BETWEEN CE-150 AND CE-172. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS KILLED, IN ADDITION TO ONE PERSON ON GROUND FATALLY INJURED. (-23 AMENDMENT) MIDAIR COLLISION BETWEEN CE-150 AND CE-72. TWO OCCUPANTS KILLED IN EACH AIRCRAFT, IN ADDITION TO ONE PERSON ON THE GROUND FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 LAX08FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA049), Jan 20, 2008: Cessna 172N (N737EJ), Corona, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid the other airplane.

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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