# Incident 19970501012679I: Beech 1900D, Albany, NY, May 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1997, 14:25 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: JJBA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N832CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 3,700 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/19970501012679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES SOUTH OF ALBANY AT 8,000 FEET THE LEFT WING WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, BLOWING THE LEFT WINGLET OFF. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT ALBANY COUNTY AIRPORT, NEW YORK, WITHOUT INCIDENT . AND GIVEN A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT TO FERRY BACK TO OPERATORS MAIN BASE FOR REPAIR. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED I/A/W BEECHCRAFT 1900D MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS 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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