Corona midair collision
Corona, California
Two Cessna airplanes collided near Corona Municipal Airport while maneuvering in the traffic-pattern area. Four people aboard and one person on the ground were killed.
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Occurrence details
- Date
- 20 Jan 2008p. 1, 3, 16
- Event fatalities
- 5p. 1, 3, 14, 30
- Ground fatalities
- 1p. 3, 8, 14, 30
- Operation
- General aviationp. 1
Aircraft involved (2)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172Np. 3, 13, 29
- Registration
- N737EJp. 3, 13, 29
- Operator
- Funoutsidep. 3, 13, 29
- Onboard fatalities
- 2p. 1, 3, 14, 30
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150Mp. 3, 13, 29
- Registration
- N4008Vp. 3, 13, 29
- Operator
- Fly Corona, Inc. / Corona Flight Academyp. 3, 13, 29
- Onboard fatalities
- 2p. 1, 3, 14, 30
Approximate event location
Report wreckage-table coordinates provide approximate context for the collision and debris area, not a surveyed airborne collision point. No uncertainty radius is supplied.
33.882221, -117.617500Location evidence · p. 14, 30 Evidence notes
Each aircraft injury table repeats the same ground fatality. Their totals must not be added: the event total is five, not six.
The aircraft models and operators were compared with the final report; owner identities are not substituted for operators.
Source comparison completed by the assistant. Independent human review remains pending.