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Flight crew of an medium large transport returned to the gate after company advised that ground personnel noticed lightning strike to top of the fuselage during pushback resulting in the aircraft taken OTS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 467250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hou.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : eyw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : pushback |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 13500 |
| ASRS Report | 467250 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Weather |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Aircraft returned to gate for maintenance inspection after receiving company radio call. Company ground personnel spotted evidence of lightning strike on top of fuselage while aircraft pushed back from gate. Aircraft was taken OTS. It is unknown when and where aircraft experienced a lightning strike. Crew flying did not encounter conditions where a lightning strike would occur.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG RETURNED TO THE GATE AFTER COMPANY ADVISED THAT GND PERSONNEL NOTICED LIGHTNING STRIKE TO TOP OF THE FUSELAGE DURING PUSHBACK RESULTING IN THE ACFT TAKEN OTS.
Narrative: ACFT RETURNED TO GATE FOR MAINT INSPECTION AFTER RECEIVING COMPANY RADIO CALL. CGP SPOTTED EVIDENCE OF LIGHTNING STRIKE ON TOP OF FUSELAGE WHILE ACFT PUSHED BACK FROM GATE. ACFT WAS TAKEN OTS. IT IS UNKNOWN WHEN AND WHERE ACFT EXPERIENCED A LIGHTNING STRIKE. CREW FLYING DID NOT ENCOUNTER CONDITIONS WHERE A LIGHTNING STRIKE WOULD OCCUR.
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.