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Air carrier flight crew reported being struck by lightning on descent to roa. Evidence of a bird strike was also noted after landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1445021 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ROA.Airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Communication Systems |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal |
Narrative:
We were struck by lightning during descent into roa at about 13;000. We were told there would be some moderate turbulence and heavy rain. No thunderstorms were forecast and metar and tafs all looked acceptable. There were clouds everywhere. Since we only had one pack we could not cruise above 25;000 and this prevented us from flying above the weather. We were asked to descend a bit earlier and started getting vectored around to avoid weather and there wasn't anything noticeable painted on the weather radar and out of nowhere we were struck by lightning. The turbulence was bad and bumpy till touchdown. When I inspected the plane after landing; that's when I realized we also had a bird strike.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reported being struck by lightning on descent to ROA. Evidence of a bird strike was also noted after landing.
Narrative: We were struck by lightning during descent into ROA at about 13;000. We were told there would be some moderate turbulence and heavy rain. No thunderstorms were forecast and METAR and TAFs all looked acceptable. There were clouds everywhere. Since we only had one pack we could not cruise above 25;000 and this prevented us from flying above the weather. We were asked to descend a bit earlier and started getting vectored around to avoid weather and there wasn't anything noticeable painted on the weather radar and out of nowhere we were struck by lightning. The turbulence was bad and bumpy till touchdown. When I inspected the plane after landing; that's when I realized we also had a bird strike.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.