# Incident 20040224001859I: Pilats PC12, Dallas, TX, February 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2004, 22:40 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8459° N, 96.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS LOVE FLD (DAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8459&lon=-96.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1JW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC12
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040224001859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING DURING LANDING APPROACH AT DAL. THE PIC NOTED THE STRIKE CRACKED THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD. THE PIC INFORMED THE DAL ATC TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. RUNWAY 31R WAS CLEARED OF ALL TRAFFIC AND THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE DAL ATCT FILED A GENERAL AVIATION INCIDENT REPORT FEBRUARY 24, 2004.

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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