# Accident 19980325009389A: Cessna 150G, Sonoma, CA, March 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sonoma, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Sky Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Takeoff Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2402° N, 122.4603° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2402&lon=-122.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2952J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2952J-2000-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,686 total, 4,500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980325009389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT WERE PREPARING FOR THE STUDENT PILOT'S PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE. BOTH PILOT'S REMEMBER PRACTICING MANEUVERS FOR 40 MINUTES BEFORE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT TO PRACTICE SOFT AND SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF'S AND LANDINGS.  ON THE LANDING PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT TAKEOFF THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND THE STUDENT LANDED WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTY.  ON THE ACCIDENT TAKEOFF THE STUDENT PILOT RAISED THE FLAPS AND THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULTANEOUSLY LEANED THE MIXTURE TO SIMULATE A POWER LOSS.  THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER ON THE CONTROLS WHEN THE STUDENT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE SITUATION.  HE ATTEMPTED A RESTART OF THE ENGINE, WHILE THE STUDENT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO AN OPEN FIELD.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE THE INSTRUCTOR OBSERVED A POWER LINE AND INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO FLY UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINE. BOTH PILOT'S STATED THAT ON THE LAST ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE, IT STARTED.  THEY BOTH LOOKED UP AND SAW POWER LINES AND ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HIS INSTRUCTOR DID NOT INDICATE TO HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE.                                         (-23)ON MARCH 25, 1998, AT 1607 PST, A CESSNA 150G, N2952J OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^COLLIDED WITH A TELEPHONE AND CABLE TELEVISION LINES DURING DECENT ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RECEIVED MAJOR INJURIES.  THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HOLDS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE WITH THE FOLLOWING RATINGS: AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND SEA; AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND; INSTRUMENT AIRPLANES.  THE TRAINING FLIGTHS ORIGINATED AT SONOMA SKYPARK AIRPORT (0Q9), SONOMA, CA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX98LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA125), Mar 26, 1998: Cessna 150G (N2952J), Sonoma, CA, substantial damage. 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…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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