# NTSB Accident LAX06CA118
> **Mooney M20F** · 2006-02-17 · Willits, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX06CA118
- **Event ID:** 20060330X00366
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-02-17
- **Location:** Willits, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.451389, -123.372222
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mooney
- **Model:** M20F
- **Registration:** N9704M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain visual contact with the runway at night, which resulted in a descent below the proper glide path and a collision with a tree.  Also causal was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.

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