# NTSB Accident LAX99LA025
> **de Havilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A** · 1998-11-05 · PETALUMA, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX99LA025
- **Event ID:** 20001211X11455
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-11-05
- **Location:** PETALUMA, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.230407, -122.559211
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** TIGER MOTH DH 82A
- **Registration:** N838KC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Failure of the pilot in the Tiger Moth to see and avoid traffic.  A contributing factor was the delayed reaction of the student pilot in the Cessna to initiate a turnoff of the taxiway once it became apparent that the other airplane did not see him.

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