# Accident 20240630013039A: Cessna 525, Richmond, VA, June 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2024, 17:54 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5102° N, 77.3266° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5102&lon=-77.3266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865HC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ44-1AP
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,154 total, 2,252 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240630013039A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED HE WAS IN VFR CONDITIONS UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT THE RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING, AND DURING ROLLOUT, HE ENCOUNTERED HEAVY RAIN, THEN BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND ULTIMATELY STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHTS.

AIRPORT OPERATIONS DISCOVERED 3 RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS AND A LOCATION SIGN WERE DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

CURRENT WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS WITH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS.

THE PILOT RECEIVED ATC REPORTS OF MODERATE PRECIPITATION OVER THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS REPORTS OF GUSTING WINDS AND WINDSHEAR WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE APPROACH TO LAND AT THE RICHMOND AIRPORT.

## 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 ERA24LA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA293), Jun 30, 2024: Cessna 525 (N865HC), Richmond, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing in rain and gusting wind 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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