Service difficulty report · Pfd · Cndair CL6002B19

Difficulty date
February 24, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cndair CL6002B19
Part
Pfd
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt & Lt Cockpit
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

(CAN) FOLLOWING A GO-AROUND FOR A WIND SHEAR WARNING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. AIRCRAFT AT 4,500 FEET. BOTH PFD'S WENT BLANK AND THE STANDBY AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS REPORTED AS SPINNING. PILOT REPORTED 'MILLIONS OF MESSAGES', BUT COULD NOT RECALL ANY OF THEM. EMERGENCY LIGHTS CAME ON IN CABIN. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY. APPROXIMATELY 45 SECONDS AFTER LIGHTNING STRIKE, THE PFD'S CAME BACK ON AND SHORTLY AFTER OR POSSIBLY AT SAME TIME (PILOT UNSURE), THE ASI STOPPED SPINNING. AIRCRAFT LANDED OK 2 TO 3 MINUTES AFTER STRIKE. ON THE GROUND, ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.