# NTSB Accident LAX98LA125
> **Cessna 150G** · 1998-03-26 · SONOMA, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98LA125
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09722
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-03-26
- **Location:** SONOMA, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.24023, -122.460311
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150G
- **Registration:** N2952J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The instructor pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision and subsequent inadequate supervision of the situation to simulate an engine failure on takeoff, as well as both pilot's not maintaining a visual lookout.  A related factor was the diverted attention of both the instructor and student pilot's.

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