# Incident 20250824010999I: Cessna 525A, Binghamton, NY, August 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2025, 11:30 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: New Haven, Ct.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P6VA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525A (registry code 2076615, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ-44 series (registry code 66000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525A
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ 44 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250824010999I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^A CE-525A AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON DESCENT OUT OF FL270.  20 NM SOUTH OF BINGHAMTON NY THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS DESCENT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT ITS PLANNED DESTINATION, NEW HAVEN, CT (KHVN). THE SIC SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY DESCRIBED AS AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK PASSING FROM HIS RIGHT HAND THROUGH HIS TORSO, EXITING HIS LEFT LEG.  ACCORDING TO FLIGHT CREW THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES DETECTED WITH THE AIRCRAFT, THE CREW INDICATED AT THE TIME OF THE STRIKE THEY WERE IN IMC CONDITIONS WITH RAIN AND THE ONLY LIGHTING IN THE AREA WAS THE STRIKE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SIGNED OFF BY THE COMPANY'S DIRECTOR OF MAINTEANCE PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT FROM NEW HAVEN TO HARRISBURG. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO HOME BASE, CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT (KCXY) A DETAILED INSPECTION DISCOVERED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT INBOARD FLAP HINGE FAIRING AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR TIP.

## Other reports on N525MA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20250817012159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250817012159I), Aug 17, 2025: Cessna 525A (N525MA), New Cumberland, PA, Minor damage. During landing, [privacy data omitted] expierenced a bird strike on rollout runway 26. The aircraft sustained left leading edge wing tip damage.

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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