# NTSB Accident LAX98LA233
> **Air Tractor AT-400** · 1998-07-17 · TRANQUILLITY, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98LA233
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10633
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-07-17
- **Location:** TRANQUILLITY, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.649967, -120.279647
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Air Tractor
- **Model:** AT-400
- **Registration:** N2373V
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to detect and avoid a set of wires during a night aerial application flight.  Factors in the accident were the pilot's failure to perform an adequate preflight inspection of the field to determine obstruction locations and the dark night lighting conditions.

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