# Incident 19910623033909I: Emb EMB120, Chico, CA, June 23, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1991, 15:20 local time
- Place: Chico, CA
- Airport: Chico Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WTAA
- Location: 39.7954° N, 121.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICO RGNL (CIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7954&lon=-121.8584&mi=10
- Aircraft: SDU17 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910623033909I

## Narrative

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

CAPTAIN SET TRANSPONDER TO INCORRECT BEACON CODE. WAS NOT RADAR IDENTIFIED UNTIL 32 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT.

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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