- Date
- May 13, 1992, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30721Beech BE-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920513018859A
- Case key
- 37076
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Probable cause
A lightning strike which discharged through the right elevator.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - lightning strikeCause
Propeller system/accessories
Horizontal stabilizer surface
Analysis
While climbing to 14000 feet, the left propeller was struck by lightning. The static discharged occurred through the right elevator, resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30721
- Reported as
- Beech BE-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1264
- Airframe hours
- 1,510
- Engine
- P&W PT-6-41, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Francesco Garrisi
- Registered owner
- Francesco Garrisi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ROA · Roanoke, VA
- Destination
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.