# Incident 19960508009599I: Beech 200BEECH, Peoria, IL, May 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1996, 10:40 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6296° N, 89.6895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6296&lon=-89.6895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961LL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,205 total, 7,017 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96GA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96GA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960508009599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LIGHTNING STRIKE EN-ROUTE IN THUNDERSTORM. FIRE SMOKE IN CABIN. CLOSED GANG BAR. FIRE OUT. SHORTED CEILING WIRING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96GA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96GA154), May 8, 1996: Beech 200 (N961LL), Peoria, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional flight into known adverse weather conditions and the lightning strike.

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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