Beech 58 accident near Ainsworth, NE
On February 7, 2001, a Beech 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ainsworth, NE. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 7, 2001
- Place
- Ainsworth, NE
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.585°N, 99.985°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010214X00451
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 7, 2001, at 0705 central standard time, a Beech 58, N52BA, operated by Silverhawk Aviation, was destroyed when it impacted the terrain about .4 miles north of the Ainsworth Municipal Airport (ANW), Ainsworth, Nebraska. The 14 CFR Part 135 cargo flight departed the Lincoln Municipal Airport (LKN), Lincoln, Nebraska, at 0530 en route to Valentine Municipal Airport (VTN), Valentine, Nebraska, on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. The airplane encountered icing conditions en route and was diverting to ANW. While on approach to runway 17 (6,802 feet by 110 feet, asphalt), the airplane impacted the ground on a heading of 280 degrees. The commercial pilot received fatal injuries and the pilot rated passenger received serious injuries. At 0445, the pilot contacted the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Columbus Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) to get a standard weather brief and filed an instrument flight plan. The AFSS weather briefer stated the following: "O.K. had IFR forecasted in the Valentine/Ainsworth area, ceilings occasionally below one thousand and/or visibility below three miles and precipitation and mist. Turbulence across the entire route of flight, light to occasional moderate below twelve thousand, and icing light to occasional moderate rime/mixed in clouds in precipitation below twenty thousand across there. Low pressure system moving from the four corners areas up to North Central Colorado at this time, continuing to track slowly Northeastward bringing precipitation into the area as the day goes on. Currently, we
Probable cause
the pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue flight into known adverse weather. A factor was the icing conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
