# Accident 19931212052609A: Slinds 100180, El Paso, TX, December 12, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 1993, 09:24 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3718X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3718X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 100-180 (registry code 0140208, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-100-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SLINDS 100180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A2F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,044 total, 726 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931212052609A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE CROSSING A RIDGE LINE. DIVERTED TO ELP. HAD CRACKED WINDSHIELD. BUCKLED WING RIBS.

## 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 FTW94LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA048), Dec 12, 1993: Aero Commander 100-180 (N3718X), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.

## Other reports on N3718X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160614015349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160614015349I), Jun 14, 2016: Aero Commander 100-180 (N3718X), Port Lavaca, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft departed calhoun county airport (kpkv) on an easterly heading for a local area flight. In cruise flight at 1100 AGL, 2300 RPM and mixture full rich,…

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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