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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 441 · Indianapolis, IN · August 5, 1981

Date: August 5, 1981 · 15:10 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: SITA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N441ST
Reported as: Cessna 441
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,090 total1,100 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

N441STRegistration cancelled Nov 27, 2012 · Cessna 441S/N 441-0014 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 441 Engine modelAiResearch TPE331-5&6SERTurbo-prop

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.

Flight operating IFR was hit by lightning. Damaged rudder tip. There was no fire.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT OPERATING IFR WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING. DAMAGED RUDDER TIP. THERE WAS NO FIRE.

Other reports on N441ST · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19841110063579AGrand Chenier, LACollided with terrain while looking for airstrip in swamp. Fuel starvation one engine. Occupants arrested, cocaine.Nov 10, 1984 · Substantial damage