# Accident 20130111000989A: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Maxwell, NE, January 11, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2013, 15:53 local time
- Place: Maxwell, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2017° N, 100.4703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2017&lon=-100.4703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36VE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36VE-2014-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 650 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130111000989A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 15:48 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IFR FROM NORTH PLATTE REGIONAL AIRPORT (LBF) IN IMC CONDITIONS.  WEATHER AT THAT TIME WAS REPORTING OVERCAST SKIES, VARIABLE BETWEEN 600 TO 1,100 FEET, 3 MILES VISIBILITY WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.  TEMPERATURE AT -2C, DEW POINT -4C, WITH WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 16 GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS.  PILOT CONTACTED DENVER CENTER AT 15:52 REQUESTING A TOPS REPORT AND WAS INFORMED THEY HAD NO REPORTS.  AT 15:53 THREE MAYDAY CALLS WERE RECEIVED BY DENVER CENTER WITH NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS.  THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH EAST OF DEPARTURE. AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AT HIGH SPEED WITH MEDIUM ANGLE  OF IMPACT AND WAS CONSUMED BY POST ACCIDENT FIRE.

## 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 CEN13FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA130), Jan 11, 2013: Raytheon 58 (N36VE), Maxwell, NE, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent encounter with severe icing conditions, which resulted in structural icing and the subsequent loss of airplane control.

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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