# Accident 20010207004749A: Beech 58, Ainsworth, NE, February 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2001, 07:05 local time
- Place: Ainsworth, NE
- Airport: Ainsworth Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YQSA
- Location: 42.5853° N, 99.9850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5853&lon=-99.9850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52BA-2001-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010207004749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 7, 2001, APPROX. 530 CST, BEECH 58 N52BA, SN TH-52, DEPARTED THE LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ENROUTE TO VALENTINE, NEBRASKA. THE A/C, OWNED AND OPERATED BY SILVERHAWK AVIATION, AIR OPERATOR CERTIFICATE YQSA759U, WAS TRANSPORTING LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS UNDER SILVERHAWK FLIGHT NUMBER 15. WHILE ENROUTE, THE A/C ENCOUNTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING AND DIVERTED TO THE AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. APPROX. 0705 CST THE A/C IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROX. 3000 FEET NORTH OF AINSWORTH RUNWAY 17, RESULTING IN ONE SERIOUS INJURY AND THE FATAL INJURY OF THE PIC.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI01FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA080), Feb 7, 2001: Beech 58 (N52BA), Ainsworth, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue flight into known adverse weather. A factor was the icing conditions.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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