# Incident 19810805060399I: Cessna 441, Indianapolis, IN, August 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1981, 15:10 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SITA
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441ST, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441ST-2012-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,090 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810805060399I

## Narrative

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

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 19841110063579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841110063579A), Nov 10, 1984: Cessna 441 (N441ST), Grand Chenier, LA, Substantial damage. Collided with terrain while looking for airstrip in swamp. Fuel starvation one engine. Occupants arrested, cocaine.

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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