# Accident 19931224047159A: Slinds 100180, Chico, CA, December 24, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1993, 18:06 local time
- Place: Chico, CA
- Airport: Chico Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7919° N, 121.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7919&lon=-121.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4042X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4042X-2013-06-18) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,559 total, 1,309 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931224047159A

## Narrative

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

ON SPECIAL VFR TOO HIGH TO LAND BEGAN GO AROUND INTO ZERO ZERO IMC AND IMPACTED GROUND IN RIGHT TURN. NON IFR RATED

## 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 LAX94LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA079), Dec 25, 1993: Aero Commander 100 (N4042X), Chico, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: ISSUANCE OF AN IMPROPER (SPECIAL VFR) CLEARANCE BY THE TOWER CONTROLLER, WHILE THE VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN ONE MILE, CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS…

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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