# NTSB Accident LAX98LA249
> **Bell 222B** · 1998-07-30 · TRANQUILITY, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX98LA249
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10646
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-07-30
- **Location:** TRANQUILITY, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.650932, -120.279838
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bell
- **Model:** 222B
- **Registration:** N911RA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's delayed initiation of a go-around when the severity of the dust condition first became apparent. Contributing factors were dark night conditions and the obscuration from the dust.

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