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FAA incident report · Epic E1000 · Wichita, KS · May 18, 2025

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Date
May 18, 2025 · 18:20 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N695BC
Reported as
Epic E1000
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,415 total
N695BCRegistered now · Epic E1000S/N K049 · Built 2023Airframe modelEpic E1000Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67ATurbo-prop

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What happened

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

On may 18, 2025, at 1820 CDT, an Epic Aircraft LLC., E1000, pilot reported a lightning strike and declared an emergency due to a generator failure. The aircraft diverted to dwight d eisenhower national airport and landed without further incident. The flight originated at lee’s summit municipal airport (lee’s summit, MO) lxt 05:16PM CDT.

The aircraft was entered into maintenance at privacy data omitted for further inspection.

Further investigation revealed the engine case was magnetized, and the following parts were removed and sent out for further inspection: propeller, aft tach generator, and fwd. Tach generator.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 18, 2025, AT 1820 CDT, AN EPIC AIRCRAFT LLC., E1000, PILOT REPORTED A LIGHTNING STRIKE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A GENERATOR FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NATIONAL AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LEE’S SUMMIT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LEE’S SUMMIT, MO) LXT 05:16PM CDT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENTERED INTO MAINTENANCE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR FURTHER INSPECTION.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ENGINE CASE WAS MAGNETIZED, AND THE FOLLOWING PARTS WERE REMOVED AND SENT OUT FOR FURTHER INSPECTION: PROPELLER, AFT TACH GENERATOR, AND FWD. TACH GENERATOR.