# Incident 19940728031459I: Boeing 747238B, London, UK, July 28, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1994, 07:00 local time
- Place: London, UK
- Airport: Heathrow Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Aircraft: N160UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N160UA-2004-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-238B (registry code 1384828, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-238b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747238B
- Reported engine: PWA JT9D7J
- People aboard: 286
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940728031459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH TO LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT EXPERIENCED A LIGHTNING STRIKE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ON AIRCRAFT N160UA, VOR ANTENNA WAS DAMAGED AND THE FIBERGLASS VERTICAL STABILIZER CAP, NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. REPLACED ABOVE UNITS AND ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED O.K. THIS REPORT SUBMITTED BY LHRMM JIM LAMBERT.

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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