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Lightning strike.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 140570 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199003 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 5b2 |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : alb |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12200 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 140570 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : overcame equipment problem other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
IFR approach VOR a to 5b2 in heavy snow lightning strike over gilla intersection. Advised alb approach we wanted to go to alb to land. Given vectors. Appraised damaged: #1 navigation out, radio compass out, autoplt out, DME out, #2 navigation operation, marking beacon operating, accepted vectors to alb ILS 1. Proceeded and landed west/O further incident. At alb stall warning froze with ice and set off stall horn for last 5 mins of the approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LIGHTNING STRIKE.
Narrative: IFR APCH VOR A TO 5B2 IN HEAVY SNOW LIGHTNING STRIKE OVER GILLA INTXN. ADVISED ALB APCH WE WANTED TO GO TO ALB TO LAND. GIVEN VECTORS. APPRAISED DAMAGED: #1 NAV OUT, RADIO COMPASS OUT, AUTOPLT OUT, DME OUT, #2 NAV OPERATION, MARKING BEACON OPERATING, ACCEPTED VECTORS TO ALB ILS 1. PROCEEDED AND LANDED W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. AT ALB STALL WARNING FROZE WITH ICE AND SET OFF STALL HORN FOR LAST 5 MINS OF THE APCH.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.