# Incident 20000305022219I: Swrngn SA226TC, Knoxville, TN, March 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2000, 03:30 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GXPA
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N164GA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 367 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000305022219I

## Narrative

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

(-23)FROM A DISCREPANCY ENTRY ON AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOG 1676, 3/5/00: "WE NOTICED A LARGE STATIC ELECTRICAL BUILD UP ON AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. WE THINK THE PROP DISCHARGED TO THE FUSELAGE BECAUSE PAINT WAS CHIPPED AWAY ON RIGHT SIDE CLOSEST TO PROP.  ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE O FLIGHTNING STRIKE TO RIGHT ENGINE.  NO POWER LOSS NOTICED.  SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE FOR ONE MOMENT WHEN THE BATTERIES WERE KNOCKED OFF LINE BY DISCHARGE.  RESET BATTERIES, NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO SYSTEMS.  ON GROUND WE NOTICED A HOLE IN ONE BLADE ON RIGHT PROP.  HOLE FOUND ON BACK TAIL OF ARICRAFT AT BOTTOM."  CORRECTIVE ACTION: INSPECTED PROP, BLENDED OUT NICK ON RIGHT HAND PROP BLADE.  ENGINES OP'S CHECKED GOOD.  INSPECTED AIRFRAME FROM FRONT OF AIRCRAFT TO BACK UNDER FLOORING AND WALLS.  NO APPARENT DAMAGE.  GROUND RAN AIRCRAFT AND OPERATED ALL SYSTEMS, NO DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.  INSTALLED PATCH OVER HOLE IN TAIL.  SUBSEQUENTLY, SPECIAL MANUFACTURER'S LIGHTNING INSPECTION PERFORMED ON AIRFRAME AND ENGINE.  NO FURTHER ACTION OR CONSIDERATION EXPECTED.

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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