# Lightning

- Type: NTSB finding subsection
- Path: [Environmental issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03) › [Conditions/weather/phenomena](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0303) › [Convective weather](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/030330) › Lightning
- NTSB code: 03033025
- Cases: 6
- In the probable cause: 6
- Fatal cases: 2
- All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03033025/cases.md
- Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03033025/cases.md?cause=1
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03033025

## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all)

- 2008: 1 / 1
- 2010: 3 / 3
- 2011: 1 / 1
- 2020: 1 / 1

## Defining events in these cases

- [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 1 cases
- [Windshear or thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/390): 1 cases
- [Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333): 1 cases
- [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 1 cases
- [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases
- [Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080): 1 cases

## Aircraft models (registry)

- [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22): 1 cases
- [Bombardier CL-600-2C10](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10): 1 cases
- [Bombardier CL-600-2B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b19): 1 cases
- [Beech 1900C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c): 1 cases
- [Beech B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200): 1 cases
- [Ballonbau Worner NL-1000/STU](https://openairdocs.org/model/ballonbau-worner-nl-1000-stu): 1 cases

## Other findings in the same cases

- [Thunderstorm](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03033010) (Environmental issues): 2 cases
- [Dark](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036020) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Clouds](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03035025) (Environmental issues): 1 cases
- [Lack of communication](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063510) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Spatial disorientation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02022025) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535) (Personnel issues): 1 cases
- [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Elevators](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01035520) (Aircraft): 1 cases
- [Elevator control system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01022730) (Aircraft): 1 cases

## Newest cases

- [NTSB CEN20LA379](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA379), Sep 5, 2020: Cirrus SR22 (N733CD), Chester, AR, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot’s continued flight into dark night instrument meteorological conditions which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control.
- [NTSB CEN11CA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA387), Jun 10, 2011: Beech B200 (N23WS), Waukegan, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The lightning strike during an en route descent.
- [NTSB ANC11LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11LA004), Oct 18, 2010: Beech 1900C (N111AX), Sitka, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A lightning strike which resulted in substantial damage to the elevator.
- [NTSB ERA10LA511](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA511), Sep 29, 2010: Ballonbau Worner NL-1000/STU (N801NM), Adriatic Sea, A1, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The crew's intentional flight into known adverse weather conditions, which resulted in destruction of the balloon envelope by lightning strike and the subsequent uncontrolled descent to the sea.
- [NTSB CEN10IA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA157), Mar 13, 2010: Embraer EMB-145LR (N16561), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An in-flight encounter with lightning. Contributing to the incident was the damaged and displaced tailcone bulkhead frame that inhibited the full travel of the elevator during approach.
- [NTSB NYC08LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08LA234), Jun 28, 2008: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (N725PS), Charlotte, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The tugdriver and wing walker's lack of communication and the tugdriver's failure to properly monitor the wing walker. Contributing to the accident was the lightning in the vicinity of the airport,…

NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted.

Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1).

NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names.

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