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The aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 727-214 [a] (registration: N533PS), collided mid-air with a private Cessna 172 (light aircraft; N7711G) over San Diego. It was Pacific Southwest Airlines' first fatal accident, and it remains the deadliest air disaster in California history.
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airports.
Boeing 727-100 in 1971 Electra South Lake Tahoe 1977. PSA’s fleet changed constantly in the 1960s and 1970s. The 1960s started with Electras, then Boeing 727-100s arrived in 1965, PSA's first pure jet. [41] The last Electra flight was September 1968 [42] By 1969, PSA was swapping out 727-100s and replacing them with bigger 727-200s plus 737 ...
July 26, 2002: FedEx Express Flight 1478, a 727-200F (registration N497FE) had initially briefed the approach to runway 27 of Tallahassee Municipal Airport near Tallahassee, Florida. The plane crashed, all three crew members survived. [76] May 25, 2003: A 727-200, registration number N844AA, was stolen from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda ...
The Boeing 727-22C aircraft, registration N7434U, [1] was almost new and had been delivered to United Airlines only four months earlier. It had less than 1,100 hours of operating time. It had less than 1,100 hours of operating time.
Also in 1967, Western added Vancouver, and in 1969 it began nonstop flights between several California airports and Hawaii. In the late 1960s, Western aimed for an all-jet fleet, adding Boeing 707-320s, 727-200s and 737-200s to its 720Bs. The two leased B707-139s had been sold in favor of the turbofan-powered Boeing 720B.
On January 15, 1969, a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727-100, N973PS, collided with Cessna 182 N42242 while it was climbing to its cruising altitude. Both aircraft were in controlled airspace on the same frequency. The 727 continued on to Ontario, CA and made a safe landing. The right wing of the Cessna was damaged, so it returned to San ...
Trans World Airlines Flight 514, was a Boeing 727-231 en route from Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio to Washington Dulles International that crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia, on December 1, 1974. All 92 occupants aboard, 85 passengers and 7 crew members, were killed.