Air carrier at 15000' has lightning strike.

Attributes
ACN	169816
Time
Date	199102
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : iah
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : zhu
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	169816
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Lightning strike to aircraft. Moderate rain, no turbulence. Radar on 40 mi range showed red for 10 mi and then clear. Lightning discharge followed by thunder. All navigation and electronic and and pressurization ok. Radio's ok. First officer inspected aircraft for damage, none apparent. Flight continued on to destination. After landing found damage to honey cone fairing and vent stabilizer. 3' hole in fairing pod and small hole on vertical stabilizer. Corrective action: be aware of the 10-10 temperature rule when climbing out during trw activity in area and around freezing level and 15000'. Both pilots felt we were not hit and only had seen a discharge and heard the thunder. We didn't have any reason to believe we had been struck.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR AT 15000' HAS LIGHTNING STRIKE.

Narrative: LIGHTNING STRIKE TO ACFT. MODERATE RAIN, NO TURB. RADAR ON 40 MI RANGE SHOWED RED FOR 10 MI AND THEN CLR. LIGHTNING DISCHARGE FOLLOWED BY THUNDER. ALL NAV AND ELECTRONIC AND AND PRESSURIZATION OK. RADIO'S OK. F/O INSPECTED ACFT FOR DAMAGE, NONE APPARENT. FLT CONTINUED ON TO DEST. AFTER LNDG FOUND DAMAGE TO HONEY CONE FAIRING AND VENT STABILIZER. 3' HOLE IN FAIRING POD AND SMALL HOLE ON VERT STABILIZER. CORRECTIVE ACTION: BE AWARE OF THE 10-10 TEMP RULE WHEN CLBING OUT DURING TRW ACTIVITY IN AREA AND AROUND FREEZING LEVEL AND 15000'. BOTH PLTS FELT WE WERE NOT HIT AND ONLY HAD SEEN A DISCHARGE AND HEARD THE THUNDER. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE WE HAD BEEN STRUCK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.