# Incident 19841110065949I: Cessna P210N, Muscle Shoals, AL, November 10, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1984, 09:00 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7427° N, 87.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7427&lon=-87.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731HE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731HE-1986-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841110065949I

## Narrative

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

LIGHTNING STRIKE DAMAGED STORM SCOPE, AUTOPILOT, PROPELLER BLADE, AND ROTATING BEACON MOUNT.

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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