Cessna 500 Citation crash, Oct 18, 2013 (2 killed), Derby
Cessna 500 Citation accident on October 18, 2013 near Derby, Kansas, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after severe structural...
- Date: October 18, 2013
- Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation
- Location: Derby, Kansas, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control after severe structural icing, compounded by spatial disorientation with malfunctioning flight instruments; the pilot chose to take off into IFR conditions as a single pilot with a non-functioning autopilot.
On 18 October 2013 a Cessna 500 Citation departed Wichita for New Braunfels, Texas under IFR with malfunctioning flight instruments and an inoperative autopilot, flown single-pilot. After levelling at 15,000 ft it entered supercooled droplet icing, departed controlled flight in a nose-down dive and hit terrain, where it exploded and burned. Both occupants were killed.