Narrative:

While receiving vectors to land; ATC alerted us of a severe storm cell in our path. Our radar was not adequately depicting any weather in front of us. As such; we asked ATC to provide an initial heading to keep us away from the worst of the weather. As we were starting the initial turn; we were struck by lightning; causing the number one engine to go out. Due to the circumstances of the failure and seeing a high itt (interstage turbine temperature) spike during the failure; we elected not to restart the engine since we were unsure of the state of the engine if we tried to restart it. We were quickly brought in to land single engine. Fire trucks verified there was no visible damage to the engine; and we proceeded to the gate. Identification: EICAS master caution for engine one out. Cause: inadequate time to react to severe weather in the vicinity before the lightning strike occurred. Response: we ran the appropriate QRH checklist for an engine out; and decided not to attempt an engine restart given the nature of the failure and the proximity to the airport. Suggestions: rely less on ATC when there is a time critical decision to make concerning weather. While snap decisions should not be made; sometimes a definitive decision is still needed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 Captain reported a safe landing followed the loss of #1 engine due to a lightning strike.

Narrative: While receiving vectors to land; ATC alerted us of a severe storm cell in our path. Our radar was not adequately depicting any weather in front of us. As such; we asked ATC to provide an initial heading to keep us away from the worst of the weather. As we were starting the initial turn; we were struck by lightning; causing the number one engine to go out. Due to the circumstances of the failure and seeing a high ITT (Interstage Turbine Temperature) spike during the failure; we elected not to restart the engine since we were unsure of the state of the engine if we tried to restart it. We were quickly brought in to land single engine. Fire trucks verified there was no visible damage to the engine; and we proceeded to the gate. Identification: EICAS master caution for engine one out. Cause: inadequate time to react to severe weather in the vicinity before the lightning strike occurred. Response: we ran the appropriate QRH checklist for an engine out; and decided not to attempt an engine restart given the nature of the failure and the proximity to the airport. Suggestions: rely less on ATC when there is a time critical decision to make concerning weather. While snap decisions should not be made; sometimes a definitive decision is still needed.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.