- Date
- February 23, 1983, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ahoskie, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6075HPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830223006779A
- Case key
- 6021
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Analysis
The acft was struck by lightning while cruising at 9000 ft MSL. At that time, the plt observed a blue flash off the nose & heard a loud boom. All radios and navigational & electrical equipment became inop. The plt circled down thru a hole in the clouds & landed. An exam of the acft revealed a cracked radome, split skin on the nose & holes in the left stabilizer. Both engs were magnetized. Also, there was damage in the battery box area & the acft continued to have radio problems for a number of months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6075H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870050
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carter Manufacturing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1982
- Departed
- 71J · Ozark, AL
- Destination
- ORF · Norfolk, VA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,392 total · 425 in this make and model · 1,180 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.