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.

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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.