Mistral AT72 near Rome on Nov 5th 2014, lightning strike, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 6, 2014 / 21:31:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AZ-1130

Departure
Ancona, Italy

Aircraft Registration
I-ADLW

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

Airport ICAO Code
LIRF

A Mistral Air Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A on behalf of Alitalia, registration I-ADLW performing flight AZ-1130 from Ancona to Rome Fiumicino (Italy) with 51 people on board, was descending towards Rome when the aircraft was struck by lightning hitting the right hand wing and causing the right hand engine (PW127) to fail. The crew secured propeller and engine and continued for a safe landing.

Metars:
LIRF 052220Z 23004KT 190V280 9999 FEW015 18/16 Q1007 NOSIG=
LIRF 052150Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW015 18/16 Q1007 NOSIG=
LIRF 052120Z 28005KT 9999 FEW020 SCT040 18/16 Q1007 NOSIG=
LIRF 052050Z 26008KT 9999 SCT020 SCT035 19/17 Q1007 NOSIG=
LIRF 052020Z 27008KT 9999 SCT015 SCT030 19/17 Q1007 NOSIG=
LIRF 051950Z 21014KT 9999 FEW020CB SCT030 20/18 Q1006 RETS NOSIG=
LIRF 051920Z 20017KT 9999 TS SCT015CB SCT020 BKN030 21/19 Q1006 NOSIG=
LIRF 051850Z 18015G25KT 140V220 9999 -TSRA SCT010CB SCT020 BKN030 21/19 Q1005 NOSIG=
LIRF 051820Z 16018KT 9999 -TSRA SCT010CB SCT020 BKN030 21/19 Q1005 NOSIG=
LIRF 051750Z 15019G30KT 9999 -TSRA SCT010CB SCT020 BKN030 21/19 Q1005 NOSIG=
LIRF 051720Z 15018KT 9999 TS SCT015CB SCT020 BKN030 21/18 Q1005 NOSIG=
LIRF 051650Z 15018G28KT 9999 TS SCT015CB SCT020 BKN030 21/18 Q1004 WS RWY 16L NOSIG=
LIRF 051620Z 15018G30KT 9999 SCT020 BKN030 21/18 Q1004WS RWY 16L NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AZ-1130

Departure
Ancona, Italy

Aircraft Registration
I-ADLW

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

Airport ICAO Code
LIRF

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