# Incident 19960917034349I: Dhav DHC8102, Middletown, PA, September 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1996, 11:45 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N978HA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,064 total, 3,068 in this make and model, 251 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960917034349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: CREW REPORTED THAT ENROUTE FROM LGA TO CHO AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND BOTH GENERATORS WENT OFF LINE. CREW REACTIVATED GENERATORS AND DIVERTED TO MDT. CREW LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. SPECIAL LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND ONE AILERON, ONE FLAP, AND REAR STROBE WERE REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO INJURY OR FIRE OCCURRED IN THIS INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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