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MD80. During arrival aircraft encountered moderate to severe turbulence. Aircraft was struck by lightning causing anti-icing equipment to malfunction. Pilot declared emergency, diverted to ewr.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 542672 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : rbv.vortac |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence Thunderstorm |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival star : korry |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 542672 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Time: XA15 local frequency/altitude, nyc 5000 ft. ATC facility: nyc. Location: rbv korry 1 arrival. On the korry 1 arrival to lga in the area of rbv VOR, we encountered moderate to severe turbulence and had a lightning strike on the left wing. We were in continuous heavy to moderate turbulence for several mins. After the lightning strike our anti-ice system became unreliable to inoperative. This caused us to be unable to climb to higher altitudes to divert, our alternate was pit, 305 NM away. I had no choice but to declare an emergency to get the priority handling and vectors to try to stay out of the thunderstorms and freezing levels to find a place to land. We finally diverted to ewr. There were no injuries on the aircraft and we did not see any exterior damage to the aircraft after landing. During the emergency we encountered altitude fluctuations of at least 1000 ft and airspeed gains of as much as 60 KTS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MD80. DURING ARR ACFT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB. ACFT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING CAUSING ANTI-ICING EQUIP TO MALFUNCTION. PLT DECLARED EMER, DIVERTED TO EWR.
Narrative: TIME: XA15 LCL FREQ/ALT, NYC 5000 FT. ATC FACILITY: NYC. LOCATION: RBV KORRY 1 ARR. ON THE KORRY 1 ARR TO LGA IN THE AREA OF RBV VOR, WE ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURB AND HAD A LIGHTNING STRIKE ON THE L WING. WE WERE IN CONTINUOUS HVY TO MODERATE TURB FOR SEVERAL MINS. AFTER THE LIGHTNING STRIKE OUR ANTI-ICE SYS BECAME UNRELIABLE TO INOP. THIS CAUSED US TO BE UNABLE TO CLB TO HIGHER ALTS TO DIVERT, OUR ALTERNATE WAS PIT, 305 NM AWAY. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DECLARE AN EMER TO GET THE PRIORITY HANDLING AND VECTORS TO TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE TSTMS AND FREEZING LEVELS TO FIND A PLACE TO LAND. WE FINALLY DIVERTED TO EWR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES ON THE ACFT AND WE DID NOT SEE ANY EXTERIOR DAMAGE TO THE ACFT AFTER LNDG. DURING THE EMER WE ENCOUNTERED ALT FLUCTUATIONS OF AT LEAST 1000 FT AND AIRSPD GAINS OF AS MUCH AS 60 KTS.
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.