# Accident 20181119022752A: Cessna 172G, Corona, CA, November 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2018, 01:55 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8975° N, 117.6003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8975&lon=-117.6003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4240L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4240L-2019-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total, 17 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181119022752A

## Narrative

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

N322JS WAS MAKING A LANDING WHEN THE PILOT OBSERVED A CESSNA 172 WAS POSITIONED ADJACENT TO RWY 25. ON SHORT FINAL THEY OBSERVED THE WUNWAY WAS CLEAR OF AIRCRAFT. THEY HEARD NO OTHER TRANSMISSIONS ON THE RADIO DURING FINAL. AT APPROXIMATELY 13:55 THEY IMPACTED THE TAIL OF THE CESSNA 172. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW RIGHT AND THE WNIG OF THE CESSNA 172 BECAME VISIBLE FOR A SPLIT SECOND. THE SONEX TRAVERSED OVER THE TOP OF THE CESSNA 172 WING AND CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT WING OF THE CESSNA 172. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WHEN OR IF MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N322JS, Silveira Jonathan A SONEX: [Accident 20181119022742A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181119022742A)

## 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 GAA19CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA068), Nov 19, 2018: Cessna 172 (N4240L), Corona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to see and avoid the airplane on the runway while landing and the pilot receiving instruction’s and flight instructor's failure to properly scan the approach before pulling onto…

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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