CORONA, CA, USA
N18007
CESSNA 150L
N90006
CESSNA 140
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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