# Incident 20040408007939I: Dhav DHC8311, Roanoke, VA, April 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2004, 17:52 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HNAA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N335EN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N335EN-2019-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-311 (registry code 2809005, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-311) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123C (registry code 52152, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw123c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC8311
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040408007939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/08/2004 AT 1752 EDT, FLIGHT 4450 LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AFTER REPORTING A LIGHTNING STRIKE 15 MILES WEST OF (ROA) ROANOKE AIRPORT AT 5,000 FEET. NO ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO ANYONE ON THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AS PER THE LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION PROCEDURES. THE DAMAGE FOUND WAS DOCUMENTED AND INCLUDED SEVEN AREAS CONSISTING OF BURNT RIVETS, PITTING AND BURN AREAS. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE REPLACED: 17 STATIC WICKS, ONE PROP BLADE, ONE AOA VANE AND THE CAPTAINS WINDSCREEN.

## Other reports on N335EN (2)

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

- [Incident 20170924019859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170924019859I), Sep 24, 2017: Dehavilland DHC-8-311 (N335EN), Greennsboro, NC, Minor damage. Flight 4960 clt/lyh - diverted to gso due to NO2 oil pressure caution light illuminated and oil pressure went to zero. The engine fire caution light…
- [Incident 20160907016859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160907016859I), Sep 7, 2016: Dehavilland DHC-8-311 (N335EN), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Piedmont flight 4802, a DHC-8 taxiing inbound on echo ramp taxi lane north of "e" concourse struck trees with the right wingtip resulting in damage to the…

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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