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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Stbros SD330 · Ventura, CA · March 4, 1981

Date
March 4, 1981 · 22:30 local
Place
Ventura, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
GWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3306W
Reported as
Stbros SD330
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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 on nose. Number 2 communications receiver inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

LIGHTNING STRIKE ON NOSE. NUMBER 2 COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER INOPERATIVE.