# Incident 19840805053619I: Swrngn SA227AC, Rapid City, SD, August 5, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1984, 21:15 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PIOA
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2671V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2671V-2000-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840805053619I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN CLEAR SMOOTH AIR. THUNDERSTORMS NEARBY. LIGHTNING ENTERED NOSE AND EXITED THE TAIL.

## Other reports on N2671V (4)

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

- [Accident 19990816012299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816012299A), Aug 16, 1999: Swrngn SA227AC (N2671V), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. Acft landed gear up. (.19) on August 16, 1999, at 1733 central daylight time, a swearingen SA-227-AC multi-engine airplane, N2671V, was substantially damaged…
- [Incident 19851217068089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851217068089I), Dec 17, 1985: Swrngn SA227AC (N2671V), Casper, WY, Minor damage. During test flight following left gear failure gear failed again. Landed gear up on runway.
- [Incident 19840819051899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840819051899I), Aug 19, 1984: Swrngn SA227AC (N2671V), Rapid City, SD. Low left engine torque caused pilot to abort the takeoff. Believe takeoff was attempted with bleed air activated.
- [Accident 19821220066619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821220066619A), Dec 20, 1982: Swrngn SA227AC (N2671V), Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. In early stage of takeoff roll, aircraft departed runway. Brake hydraulic lines had been reversed by mechanics.

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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