# Incident 20141222023329I: Fairchild SA227-AC, Smyrna, TN, December 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2014, 18:20 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MCCA
- Location: 35.9675° N, 86.5253° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smyrna, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9675&lon=-86.5253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N211RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-11U (registry code 33996, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-11u) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-AC
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-11U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141222023329I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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