# Accident 20061104024579A: Amdco CH601XLSLSA, Yuba City, CA, November 4, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2006, 11:40 local time
- Place: Yuba City, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9678° N, 121.6269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9678&lon=-121.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158MD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N158MD-2010-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH601XL SLSA (registry code 0600015, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch601xl-slsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200-A (registry code 17191, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMDCO CH601XLSLSA
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061104024579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11-04-06 (1140 LOCAL) THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP. THE SPECIAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT (SLSA) WAS CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET AND 100 KNOTS WHEN THE BREAKUP OCCURRED. THERE IS NO CAUSE AT THIS TIME. AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY, ENGINE TEARDOWN, AND NTSB STRUCTURES GROUP REPORTS WILL FOLLOW. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED AT THAT TIME.

## 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 LAX07FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA026), Nov 4, 2006: Aircraft Mfg & Dev. CH601XL Slsa (N158MD), Yuba City, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: In-flight structural failure of the horizontal stabilizer and wings for undetermined reasons.

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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