# Incident 20130418007659I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/45, Memphis, TN, April 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2013, 17:45 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AJAA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N935SP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/45
- Reported engine: PRATT WHITNEY PT6
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,689 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130418007659I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 18, 2013 SEAPORT AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 2425, A  PLATUS PC 12/45 DEPARTED HOT SPRINGS,  AR (KHOT) ENROUTE TO MEMPHIS, TN (KMEM).   CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PIC WITH FO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND 3 PAX. 2425 WAS IFR AT 15,000 FEET. MEM WX WAS REPORTING 800 FEET CEILINGS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHT RAIN IN THE AREA. ENROUTE TO MEM THE  FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE TURBULENCE, WITH RAIN 90-100 MN WEST OF MEMPHIS. THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND TO 13,000 FT, DURING THE DESCENT THE PIC NOTICED LIGHTING AROUND THEM.  THE PILOT  HEARD A LOUD POP AND A BRILLIANT FLASH OF LIGHT IN FRONT  OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFTS NUMBER 2 GENERATOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE PIC AND FO RAN THROUGH THEIR CHECKLIST TO REMEDY THE GENERATOR ISSUE.  THE PIC NOTIFIED MEMPHIS CENTER, ABOUT THE LIGHTING STRIKE, AND ASKED   ATC FOR ASSISTANCE AND  DIRECT TO MEMPHIS.  APPROACH ASKED THE PIC IF HE WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, THE PIC DID DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE FLIGHT LANDED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON RUNWAY 9.  THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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