CVR transcript PSA182, San Diego California
Captain (radio): Lindbergh, PSA182 downwind.
Tower: PSA182, Lindbergh tower, ah, traffic twelve o'clock one mile a Cessna.
F/O: Flaps five.
Captain: Is that the one we're looking at?
F/O: Yeah, but I don't see him now.
Captain (radio): Okay, we had it there a minute ago.
Tower: One eighty two, roger.
Captain (radio): I think he's passed to our right.
Tower: Yeah.
Captain: He was right over here a minute ago.
Tower: How far are you going to take your downwind? Company traffic is waiting for departure.
Captain (radio): Ah, probably about 3 to 4 miles.
Tower: Okay, PSA182, cleared to land.
Captain (radio): One eighty-two's cleared to land.
F/O: Are we clear of that Cessna?
F/E: Suppose to be.
Captain: I guess.
Jumpseat: I hope.
Captain: Oh yeah, before we turned downwind, I saw him about one o'clock, probably behind us now.
F/O: There's one underneath. I was looking at that inbound there!
Captain: Whoop!
F/O: Argghh!
Cabin: [sound of impact with the Cessna in mid-air]
Captain: Easy baby, easy baby. What have we got here?
F/O: Its bad. We're hit man, we are hit.
Captain (radio): Tower, we are going down, this is PSA...
Tower: Okay, we'll call the equipment for you.
Cabin: [sound of stall warning]
END OF TAPE
After collision with the Cessna, the PSA plummeted to the ground in a residential area of San Diego. All 135 passengers and crew of the PSA died, along with the pilot of the Cessna and 9 people on the ground.
Cause of the accident: the crew of PSA182 failed to adequately See and Avoid the Cessna..............