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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Denton, TX · June 2, 2017

Date: June 2, 2017 · 13:15 local
Place: Denton, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N622MD
Reported as: Piper PA 46-350P
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 19,500 total450 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N622MDRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 2026 · Piper PA 46-350PS/N 4636016 Airframe modelPiper PA 46-350P

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.

Aircraft was struck by lightning while in IFR cruise flight at 19,000 feet. All communications equipment was inoperable, including transponder, after strike. Airman stated the aircraft continued to operate normally mechanically, so he continued on his filed flight plan to his destination per lost communications procedures. Local sheriff was on scene at destination upon arrival.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE IN IFR CRUISE FLIGHT AT 19,000 FEET. ALL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT WAS INOPERABLE, INCLUDING TRANSPONDER, AFTER STRIKE. AIRMAN STATED THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY MECHANICALLY, SO HE CONTINUED ON HIS FILED FLIGHT PLAN TO HIS DESTINATION PER LOST COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES. LOCAL SHERIFF WAS ON SCENE AT DESTINATION UPON ARRIVAL.