# Incident 19860720041279I: Boeing 757232, Washington, DC, July 20, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1986, 20:25 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601DL-2008-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860720041279I

## Narrative

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

LIGHTNING STRIKE NEAR VERTICAL FIN WHILE PARKED AT GATE. PA SYSTEM RENDERED INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N601DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19990803023229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990803023229I), Aug 3, 1999: Boeing 757232 (N601DL), New York, NY. (-23) #1 Engine failed at approx. 1000' AGL after t/o from lga resulting cabin filled with smoke. Airplane diverted to jfk, landed safely on r/w br and…

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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