Raytheon 58 accident near Fort Myers, FL

On December 6, 2002, a Raytheon 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fort Myers, FL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

December 6, 2002

Place

Fort Myers, FL

Aircraft

Raytheon 58 · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

26.556°N, 81.826°W

NTSB ID

20021212X05598

Official records · MIA03FA025

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• Audio File: Anniston AFSS Briefing: Audio recording (MP3), on ntsb.gov
• ATC 3 - Radar Study: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• ATC 3 - RSW Radar Data File: Document (ZIP), on ntsb.gov
• ATC Statements and Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 6, 2002, about 1541 eastern standard time, a Raytheon 58 twin-engine airplane, N241JG, was destroyed when it departed controlled flight and impacted private homes in a residential area near Fort Myers, Florida. The airplane was registered to KC Services Inc., and operated by the pilot. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal cross-country flight. There were no injuries to anyone on the ground. The instrument-rated private pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed from Centerville, Alabama, about 1220 (1120 central standard time). The flight had originally departed from Rosecrans Memorial Airport (KSTJ), St. Joseph, Missouri, at 0903 (0803 central standard time), en route to Naples, Florida, with an intermediate fuel stop at the Centerville Airport (0A8), Centerville, Alabama. While in Centerville, the pilot contacted the Anniston Flight Service Station (FSS) and filed the IFR flight plan to Naples and obtained an abbreviated weather briefing for the flight. According to the filed flight plan, the pilot intended to fly at 200 knots at 7,000 feet. His planned route had him going from 0A8 to SZW (Seminole, Florida), CTY (Cross City, Florida), PIE (St. Petersburg, Florida), SRQ (Sarasota, Florida), and ending in APF (Naples, Florida). According to the pilot's family, the pilot did not want to fly direct because the airplane was not equipped for extended operations over water. According to the pilot's flight plan, he

Probable cause

the pilot's spatial disorientation during instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in his failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors included the pilot's distraction to the low fuel status and the low cloud 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.