Incident · 2002-03-26
What the record says
- Event date
- 2002-03-26
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Embraer EMB-145LR (N290SK)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- Chautauqua Airlines Inc.
Probable cause
An in-flight encounter with lightning, which severed two of the four elevator cables.
Source: NTSB case NYC02IA076Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.