# SDR AU970291

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 19, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Cessna 441
- Registry model: [Cessna 441](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Propeller: Hartzl HCB3TN5
- System (JASC): [5500 · Empennage Structure](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5500)
- Part: Empennage
- Condition: Lightning Strike
- Location: Empennage Struct
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: C
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU970291

## Discrepancy

(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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