# Incident 19990826024749I: Dhav DHC8102, Erie, PA, August 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1999, 12:45 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0442° N, 79.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0442&lon=-79.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N713M-2014-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-102 (registry code 2809003, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8102
- Reported engine: PWA PW120
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990826024749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM STEWART INTERNATIONAL (SWF) TO DETROIT METRO (DTW) AND WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 14,000 FEET, BETWEEN DUNKIRK (DKK) AND AYLMER )YQO) VOR, HIS AIRCRAFT, N713M, A DHC-8-102, WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 12:45 LOCAL. FOLLOWING HE LIGHTNING STRIKE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A DUAL GENERATOR FAILURE. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT ERIE, PA (ERI) CENTER AT (CKB) FOR A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION DETAIL. PILOT STATEMENT IS ATTACHED TO THIS FORM. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N713M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970114005099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970114005099I), Jan 14, 1997: Dhav DHC8102 (N713M), Stuart, NY. Narrative: on climb out from utica, number one channel of the autopilot failed. Number two was engaged and programmed for 160 knot climb. During this climb,…

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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