37.1184° N, 84.0779° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of London, KY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 20, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place
London, KY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N200EK
Reported as
Beech C90
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total700 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.
Plane struck by lightning during climb. All static wicks burned.
As the FAA filed it
PLANE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING DURING CLIMB. ALL STATIC WICKS BURNED.