Cessna 525 N525CZ accident near Mesquite, Texas, March 13, 2025
Cessna 525, registration N525CZ, operated by LBL 525 CZ LLC, was involved in an accident near Mesquite, Texas on March 13, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as fatal, with 1 people on board. Case CEN25FA119 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 5 minutes of the flight after departing the Mesquite Metro area (KHQZ), reaching a maximum of 950 ft. The last recorded position was at 12:33 UTC, at 725 ft and 196 knots, descending at 2,752 feet per minute, about 3 km from Mesquite Metro (KHQZ).
The nearest weather report, from KHQZ (3 km away), showed wind 170° at 4 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Cessna Citation CJ2+ registered in United States (Mode S A69BCB).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- March 13, 2025
- Location
- Mesquite, Texas
- Aircraft
- Cessna 525
- Registration
- N525CZ
- Operator
- LBL 525 CZ LLC
- Injuries
- Fatal (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- CEN25FA119 (In work)
- Departure area
- Mesquite Metro (KHQZ)
- Nearest airport
- Mesquite Metro (KHQZ)
- Recorded flight
- 5 min, max 950 ft
- Last recorded position
- 12:33 UTC, 725 ft, 196 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case CEN25FA119; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.