Raytheon Aircraft Company 58 accident near Maxwell, NE
On January 11, 2013, a Raytheon Aircraft Company 58 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Maxwell, NE. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 11, 2013
- Place
- Maxwell, NE
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company 58 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.202°N, 100.470°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130111X25405
Official records · CEN13FA130
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Partial Transcript of Radio Communications with Air Traffic Control: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Partial Transcript of Pilot’s Weather Briefing and Weather Products: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 11, 2013, about 1553 central standard time, N36VE, a Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, multi-engine airplane, was destroyed after impacting terrain near Maxwell, Nebraska. The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by Bottorff Construction, Inc.; Atchison, Kansas. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time of the accident and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. The airplane departed North Platte Regional Airport (LBF), North Platte, Nebraska, about 1545, and was en route to York Municipal Airport (JYR), York, Nebraska. About 1550 the pilot reported to a radar controller at Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center that he was climbing to a planned cruise altitude of 9,000 feet mean sea level (msl) . At 1552 the pilot requested the tops of the clouds; however, a current report on the cloud tops was not available. At 1553 a "mayday" call was heard and a simultaneous loss of radio and radar contact was reported by the radar controller. At 1855 the wreckage was found in a remote area about 11 miles north east of LBF by emergency responders who had been searching for the missing airplane. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot, age 54, held a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) private pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single engine and multiengine land, and instrument airplane. His private pilot certificate in airplane single engine land was initially issued on March 9, 1988, his rating in
Probable cause
The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with severe icing conditions, which resulted in structural icing and the subsequent loss of airplane control.
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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.
