Cessna 500 accident near Derby, KS
On October 18, 2013, a Cessna 500 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Derby, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 18, 2013
- Place
- Derby, KS
- Aircraft
- Cessna 500 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.523°N, 97.218°W
- NTSB ID
- 20131018X34254
Official records · CEN14FA009
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control - Accident Summary from Wichita ATCT: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Air Traffic Control - Partial Transcript from Kansas City ARTCC: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- Air Traffic Control - Radar Tabular Data from ICT Radar: Document (CSV), on ntsb.gov
- Air Traffic Control - Radar Tabular Data from HTI Radar: Document (CSV), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 18, 2013, at 1017 central daylight time, N610ED, a Cessna 500, Citation, multi-engine turbojet airplane, collided with terrain during an uncontrolled descent near Derby, Kansas. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was registered to and operated by Dufresne, Inc.; Murrieta, California. Day visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed on the surface; however, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) likely prevailed at altitude at the time of the accident. An instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 business flight. The airplane departed Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas, at 1007 and was destined for New Braunfels Regional Airport (BAZ), New Braunfels, Texas. During climb to cruise, after leveling at 15,000 feet, the airplane departed controlled flight, descended rapidly and impacted terrain. Several witnesses described seeing the airplane below the clouds in a nose-down vertical dive and trailing either white smoke or black smoke. One of the witnesses reported the nose-down airplane was "spinning very fast". Many of the witnesses reported an immediate explosion with a fireball about 500 feet high followed by a column of black smoke. Evidence at the accident scene showed evidence of a postimpact fire with most of the wreckage located in or near a single impact crater. Several witnesses reported that after they heard or saw the explosion and fire they saw airborne debris tumbling and falling to the ground about on
Probable cause
The airplane's encounter with severe icing conditions, which resulted in structural icing, and the pilot's increased workload and subsequent disorientation while maneuvering in instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions with malfunctioning flight instruments, which led to the subsequent loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to takeoff in IFR conditions and f
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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.
