# NTSB Accident LAX98FA045
> **Cessna 152** · 1997-11-25 · EL CAJON, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98FA045
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09195
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-11-25
- **Location:** EL CAJON, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.790832, -116.959182
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N757FT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot of the other aircraft's failure to recognize and follow the aircraft on the downwind as instructed.  Factors influencing this accident were the pilot's failure to see and avoid the other aircraft; the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight; the pilot of the other aircraft's failure to verify the controller's instructions; the altitude limitation of the Brite radar repeater in the tower cab that prevented its use in traffic pattern separation; and the prevailing haze which restricted visibility.

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