# Accident 20150816023062A: Cessna 172M, San Diego, CA, August 16, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2015, 11:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5775° N, 116.9489° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5775&lon=-116.9489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1285U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1285U-2017-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15MA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15MA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150816023062A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 16, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HRS PACIFIC TIME, TWO AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 172, N1285U, AND AN EXPERIMENTAL SABRELINER, (SABRE 60), N442RM, COLLIDED MIDAIR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF BROWM FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SDM), SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. TWO PILOTS AND TWO MISSION SPECIALISTS ABOARD THE SABRELINER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA, THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE SABRELINER WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PUBLIC USE FLIGHT BY BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES, INC. THE CESSNA WAS REGISTERED TO PLUS ONE FLYERS INC. OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF PART 91. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT SDM. BOTH AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SDM EARLIER THAT DAY. CONTROLLERS IN THE SDM CONTRACT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) WERE IN CONTACT WITH BOTH ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE COLLISION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N442RM, North American Rockwell NA265-60SC: [Accident 20150816023142A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150816023142A)

## 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 WPR15MA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15MA243), Aug 16, 2015: Cessna 172M (N1285U), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The local controller's (LC) failure to properly identify the aircraft in the pattern and to ensure control instructions provided to the intended Cessna on downwind were being performed before turning…

## Other reports on N1285U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19831109070759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831109070759I), Nov 9, 1983: Cessna 172M (N1285U), Ann Arbor, MI, Minor damage. Landed long and ran off the departure end of runway. Struck a boundary light.

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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