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Medium large transport experiences lightning strike on approach. Reporter believes that an inspection is necessary, but maintenance says no.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 129086 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198911 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : yak |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 12000 |
| ASRS Report | 129086 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft struck by lightning while on approach to yak, about 12 mi out in IMC conditions. Broke out in VMC conditions and landed west/O incident. Maintenance was advised that the airplane had been hit by lightning. Maintenance control in sea advised us that no inspection was necessary and told us to take the aircraft to juneau. We went on to juneau, where we landed west/O incident, and the aircraft was inspected and signed off by juneau maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG EXPERIENCES LIGHTNING STRIKE ON APCH. REPORTER BELIEVES THAT AN INSPECTION IS NECESSARY, BUT MAINTENANCE SAYS NO.
Narrative: ACFT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE ON APCH TO YAK, ABOUT 12 MI OUT IN IMC CONDITIONS. BROKE OUT IN VMC CONDITIONS AND LANDED W/O INCIDENT. MAINT WAS ADVISED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN HIT BY LIGHTNING. MAINT CTL IN SEA ADVISED US THAT NO INSPECTION WAS NECESSARY AND TOLD US TO TAKE THE ACFT TO JUNEAU. WE WENT ON TO JUNEAU, WHERE WE LANDED W/O INCIDENT, AND THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED AND SIGNED OFF BY JUNEAU MAINT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.