47.4272° N, 92.9377° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hibbing, MN, within about 8 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 12, 1985 · 17:05 local
Place
Hibbing, MN
Airport
Hibbing
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N65TL
Reported as
Rkwell NA26565
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,800 total1,700 in this make and model75 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.
Aircraft struck by lightning on descent, lost generators temporarily.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING ON DESCENT, LOST GENERATORS TEMPORARILY.