| Date: | Monday 30 April 1990 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54P (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Union |
| Registration: | N67109 |
| MSN: | 10459 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chico Airport, CA (CIC) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Chico Airport, CA (CIC/KCIC) |
| Chico Airport, CA (CIC/KCIC) |
Nosegear collapse on landing. A fire erupted and the aircraft, a C-54 firefighting conversion, was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
NTSB
Scramble Vol.12, nr.03
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Chico Airport, CA (CIC); May 1988
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