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SR22 pilot reported being hit by lightning strike during descent resulting in a diversion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1718625 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Tower |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR22 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Cabin Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 79 Flight Crew Total 814 Flight Crew Type 619 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Enroute from to ZZZ1. Passed through moderate rain and mild turbulence. Conditions were clearing. Initial descent; already received ATIS for ZZZ1; 22 minutes out; and entering ILS xx in FMS.entered cloud and received lightning strike. Had initial odor of melting plastic and haze in rear compartment which cleared; turned out to be a piece of melted carpet covering foot peg bracket. High oil pressure indicator displayed but all engine parameters normal. Avionics radios all functioned without a glitch. No fire. Requested precautionary diversion to ZZZ which was 22 miles south and landed runway xy; localizer approach-uneventful. Taxied to parking and shutdown. Spoke with tower thanking them for their calm reassuring guidance; because even though absolutely everything was working normally I was unsure/nervous about what might happen next after a lightning strike. Fortunately nothing on this mission. Relied on nexrad and actually just entered VMC prior to strike which made it more startling.I filed this as I didn't know how else a lightning strike incident would get into database and I felt it is an important statistic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SR22 pilot reported being hit by lightning strike during descent resulting in a diversion.
Narrative: Enroute from to ZZZ1. Passed through moderate rain and mild turbulence. Conditions were clearing. Initial descent; already received ATIS for ZZZ1; 22 minutes out; and entering ILS XX in FMS.Entered cloud and received lightning strike. Had initial odor of melting plastic and haze in rear compartment which cleared; turned out to be a piece of melted carpet covering foot peg bracket. High oil pressure indicator displayed but all engine parameters normal. Avionics radios all functioned without a glitch. No fire. Requested precautionary diversion to ZZZ which was 22 miles south and landed Runway XY; localizer approach-uneventful. Taxied to parking and shutdown. Spoke with Tower thanking them for their calm reassuring guidance; because even though absolutely everything was working normally I was unsure/nervous about what might happen next after a lightning strike. Fortunately nothing on this mission. Relied on NEXRAD and actually just entered VMC prior to strike which made it more startling.I filed this as I didn't know how else a lightning strike incident would get into database and I felt it is an important statistic.
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.