# Accident 20141012018439A: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Palos Hills, IL, October 12, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2014, 22:40 local time
- Place: Palos Hills, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7072° N, 87.8336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7072&lon=-87.8336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31EW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31EW-2018-03-13) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 123 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141012018439A

## Narrative

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

N31EW DEPARTED CHICAGO MIDWAY AIRPORT AT 10:34 P.M. CDT (DESTINATION BELIEVED TO BE LAWRENCE, KS, BUT UNABLE TO VERIFY).  AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 2000 MSL AS IT PROCEEDED SOUTHBOUND. MDW ATCT CLEARED N31EW "ON COURSE" AT APPROXIMATELY 10:38 P.M.  MDW ATCT LOST RADAR CONTACT SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE CITY OF PALOS HILLS AT 10:40 P.M. CDT, STRIKING SEVERAL 80' TO 100' TREES BEFORE IMPACTING GROUND.  THREE SOULS ON BOARD SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES.  NO PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE INJURED.  AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY DESTROYED UPON IMPACT.  MULTIPLE VEHICLES DAMAGED ON THE GROUND (HOMEOWNER'S VEHICLES PARKED IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS).  ONE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE.  NO POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED.

## 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 CEN15FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA009), Oct 13, 2014: Raytheon 58 (N31EW), Palos Hills, IL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation while operating in night, instrument meteorological 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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