41.0670° N, 73.7076° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 29, 1990 · 19:50 local
Place
White Plains, NY
Airport
Westchester County
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AOSA
Aircraft
N40CH
Reported as
Gulstm G1159A
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,500 in this make and model
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.
Pilot thought aircraft had received lightning strike on approach. Landed safely. Aircraft checked and found normal.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT THOUGHT AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED LIGHTNING STRIKE ON APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY. AIRCRAFT CHECKED AND FOUND NORMAL.