# NTSB LAX82FA218: Cessna 150L, N18007, Corona, CA, June 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 12, 1982, 12:46 local (19:46 UTC)
- Place: Corona, CA
- Location: 33.8753° N, 117.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corona, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8753&lon=-117.5664&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70343
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA218
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70343/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA218

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Midair collision, unknown
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - vfr procedures - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Midair collision, unknown
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause)
  - vfr procedures - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

BOTH AIRCRAFT (A CESSNA 150L, N18007 AND A CESSNA 140, N90006) HAD TAKEN OFF FROM THE CORONA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SOMETIME AROUND NOON ON 6/12/82. THE CESSNA 150 PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ON A FLIGHT TO PORTERVILLE, CA, WHILE THE CESSNA 140 PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FLYING TO STRAWBERRY VALLEY, UT. AT 1246 PDT, THE TWO AIRCRAFT COLLIDED IN FLIGHT AND FELL TO THE GROUND ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. SIX MILES NORTHWEST AT CHINO, THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS SKY PRTLY OBSCD, EST 2000 OVC, VIS 3 MI WITH HAZE. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS PRIOR TO THE MID-AIR COLLISION. THE WRECKAGE OF BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE EXAMINED, BUT THE CONDITION OF THE WRECKAGE WAS SUCH THAT THE COLLISION ANGLE OR INITIAL CONTACT POINT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N18007](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18007-2015-05-05), registration cancelled 2015-05-05, S/N 15073725, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 73725
- Airframe hours: 2469
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harry C. Kohr
- Registered owner: Jette Harris
- Departed: CORONA, CA
- Destination: PTV, PORTERVILLE, CA

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N90006](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90006-1990-01-02), registration cancelled 1990-01-02, S/N 9060 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9060
- Airframe hours: 1266
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-90-12F 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gary M. Robinson
- Registered owner: Ward M. Garland
- Departed: CORONA, CA
- Destination: STRAWBERRY VALL, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N18007; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.
- Pilot, aircraft N90006; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 195 total, 14 in this make and model, 123 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CND, 6 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (2)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820612021541A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820612021541A), Jun 12, 1982: Cessna 150L, Corona, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Collided in flight with N90006 near airport. Both aircraft were flying in and out of cloud bases. No radio contact.
- [Accident 19820612021542A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820612021542A), Jun 12, 1982: Cessna 140, Corona, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Collided in flight with N18007 near airport. Both aircraft were flying in and out of cloud bases. No radio contact.

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.

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