# NTSB CEN16WA124: Cessna 525, Lugano, Switzerland, March 14, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 14, 2016, 09:15 local (09:15 UTC)
- Place: Lugano, Switzerland
- Coordinates: 46.003612, 8.910277 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0036&lon=8.9103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92843/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA124

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HB-VWM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525 (NO SERIES)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 525-0690
- Year built: 2009
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Nomad Aviation AG
- Registered owner: Flylease GmbH
- Airport: LSZA, Lugano

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.

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