# Incident 20250518005809I: Epic Aircraft LLC E1000, Wichita, KS, May 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2025, 18:20 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N695BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N695BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Epic E1000 (registry code 3390119, https://openairdocs.org/model/epic-e1000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A (registry code 52207, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EPIC AIRCRAFT LLC E1000
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,415 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250518005809I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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