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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208 · Portland, OR · June 8, 1988

Date
June 8, 1988 · 19:30 local
Place
Portland, OR
Airport
Portland International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JIKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9539F
Reported as
Cessna 208
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,910 total218 in this make and model140 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.

Lightning strike at cruise at 8500 feet. Smoke in cockpit and radar damaged. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

LIGHTNING STRIKE AT CRUISE AT 8500 FEET. SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND RADAR DAMAGED. LANDED SAFELY.

Other reports on N9539F · 3

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