# Accident 20180613007849A: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Springfield, NJ, June 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2018, 09:08 local time
- Place: Springfield, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0261° N, 74.7556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0261&lon=-74.7556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218BL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218BL-2020-08-02) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180613007849A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM VAY TO HYA.  LOW IMC CONDITIONS EXISTED AT DEPARTURE, < 400' CEILING.  APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM VAY AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1300' AGL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A STEEP DESCENDING RIGHT HAND TURN UNTIL GROUND IMPACT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS.  THERE WAS NO DISTRESS CALLS OR INDICATION OF POWERPLANT OR FLIGHT CONTROL ISSUES.

## 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 ERA18FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA167), Jun 13, 2018: Raytheon 58 (N218BL), Springfield Township, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control due to spatial disorientation while climbing after departure in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent instrument…

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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