# Accident 20250613016649A: Cessna 650, Westplains, CO, June 13, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2025, 20:37 local time
- Place: Westplains, CO
- Airport: Airlake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8921° N, 103.4785° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8921&lon=-103.4785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N682RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N682RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 650 (registry code 2076802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TFE731 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 104 in this make and model, 380 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250613016649A

## Narrative

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

THE PIC WAS TRAINING THE RIGHT SEAT PILOT FOR SIC, WITH THE SIC OCCUPYING A PASSENGER SEAT IN THE CABIN. THE CESSNA C650 WAS OVER ONE HOUR INTO FLIGHT AND CRUISING AT FL390 WHEN THE PIC DECIDED TO OVERFLY AN APPROACHING STORM, REQUESTING FL430 WHERE THEY EXPERIENCED HEAVY TURBULENCE. THE PIC SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT AND DESCENDED TO FL390 WHERE THE AIRCRAFT FLEW THROUGH HAIL FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THE HAIL CRACKED THE LEFT WINDSCREEN AND DAMAGED THE RADOME, LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS, HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS, AND ENGINE NACELLES. DESPITE THE CRACKED LEFT WINDSCREEN, THE PIC DEEMED THE ENGINES AND FLIGHT CONTROLS OPERATIONAL AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE FLYING OVER ONE HOUR TO THEIR HOME AIRPORT. THE PIC NOTED AN INOPERATIVE AUTOPILOT SYSTEM, A GREEN MONOCHROME CRT RADAR DISPLAY THAT WAS INEFFECTIVE IN DETERMINING THE TOPS AND BOTTOMS OF THE INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND THE INABILITY TO UPDATE FOREFLIGHT IN FLIGHT ON HIS TABLET AS FACTORS IN HIS DECISION-MAKING THAT NAVIGATED HIM INTO THE HAIL.

## 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 CEN25LA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA349), Jun 14, 2025: Cessna 650 (N682RS), Westplains, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper judgment to circumnavigate convective activity which resulted in extensive hail damage to the airplane.

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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