# Incident 19800520053539I: Cessna 501, Columbia, SC, May 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1HA-2020-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 551 (registry code 2076605, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-551) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800520053539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENCOUNTERED LIGHTENING STRIKE DURING DESCENT. SAFE LANDING MADE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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