34.7465° N, 92.2896° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 11, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Little Rock, AR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18U
Reported as
Beech 100BEECH
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lightning strike caused 22 burned spots or holes in airplane. Prop blade burned and metal missing.
As the FAA filed it
LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED 22 BURNED SPOTS OR HOLES IN AIRPLANE. PROP BLADE BURNED AND METAL MISSING.