<P> In 1976, 24 - year - old Rich Snyder became the company president after his father's death . Along with his brother Guy, Rich had reportedly begun working in his father's In - N - Outs "from the ground floor" at an early age . Over the next 20 years, the chain experienced a period of rapid growth under Rich's leadership, expanding to 93 restaurants . </P> <P> The first location outside of the Los Angeles metropolitan area was opened in San Diego County in 1990, the 61st location in the chain . In 1992, In - N - Out opened its first non-Southern California restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada . Its first Northern California location was opened the following year in Modesto . Expansion then spread to Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, while additional Las Vegas - area restaurants were added . However, after opening the 83rd In - N - Out restaurant in Fresno, California, on December 15, 1993, Rich Snyder and four other passengers died in a plane crash on approach to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California . The charter aircraft they were on had been following a Boeing 757 in for landing, became caught in its wake turbulence, and crashed . The ensuing crash investigation led to the Federal Aviation Administration requirement for an adequate distance between heavy aircraft and following light aircraft to allow wake turbulence to diminish . </P> <P> Upon Rich Snyder's death in 1993, Guy Snyder assumed the presidency and continued the company's aggressive expansion until he died from an overdose of painkillers in 1999 . He was president for six years, expanding In - N - Out from 83 to 140 locations . His mother Esther subsequently took over the presidency . </P> <P> The company opened locations in Arizona in 2000 and added new restaurants in Reno, Sparks, and Carson City, Nevada in late 2004 . In - N - Out became a huge success in these new locations . In 2007, it opened its first restaurant in Tucson, Arizona . The store opening broke company records for the most burgers sold in one day and the most sold in one week . </P>

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