19870529068879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E-55 · Knoxville, TN · May 29, 1987

Date: May 29, 1987 · 20:00 local
Place: Knoxville, TN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6738J
Reported as: Beech E55
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,904 total25 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N6738JRegistration cancelled Dec 8, 1988 · Beech E-55S/N TE1176 Airframe modelBeech E-55

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.

Cloud to cloud lighting strike while en route. Propeller tips nicked, left engine magnitized.

As the FAA filed it

CLOUD TO CLOUD LIGHTING STRIKE WHILE EN ROUTE. PROPELLER TIPS NICKED, LEFT ENGINE MAGNITIZED.