20141222023329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fairchild SA227-AC · Smyrna, TN · December 22, 2014

Date
December 22, 2014 · 18:20 local
Place
Smyrna, TN
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MCCA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N211RH
Reported as
Fairchild SA227-AC
Reported engine
Honeywell TPE331-11U
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On December 22, 2014, at approximately 1820 CDT, N211RH, a Fairchild SA-227-AC aircraft, registered to river city aviation and operated by mcneely charter service, inc. (mcca), experienced a lightning strike at FL190 enroute from elp-mqy and lost all communications with air traffic. Pilots followed loss of communications procedures, landed mqy without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 22, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 CDT, N211RH, A FAIRCHILD SA-227-AC AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO RIVER CITY AVIATION AND OPERATED BY MCNEELY CHARTER SERVICE, INC. (MCCA), EXPERIENCED A LIGHTNING STRIKE AT FL190 ENROUTE FROM ELP-MQY AND LOST ALL COMMUNICATIONS WITH AIR TRAFFIC. PILOTS FOLLOWED LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES, LANDED MQY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.