SDR AU970291

Service difficulty report · Empennage · Cessna 441

Difficulty date
February 19, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 441
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN5
Part
Empennage
Condition
Lightning Strike
Location
Empennage Struct
Stage of operation
NR
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(AUS) AIRCRAFT LIGHTENING STRIKE - ENTRY POINT APPEARS TO BE LH FLAP AND AILERON - BOTH ELEVATORS HAD EXIT HOLES ADJACENT TO OUTER STATIC WICKS - RUDDER TOP FAIRING HAD EXIT HOLE AND EVIDENCE OF BURNING - UPPER RUDDER SKIN HAD EVIDENCE OF ARCING

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