Light Aircraft Struck by Lightning During Recent Storms at Gladstone Airport

As we alluded to in a recent Blog Post - link HERE - a light aircraft parked on the General Aviation apron at Gladstone Airport was in fact struck by lightning during a nasty thunder-storm that passed through Gladstone on Thursday 14 November.

I have received the above two photos which clearly show that after-effects of the lightning strike with damage shown to the parking apron as a result of the lightning 'bolt' exiting the aircraft through the landing gear.  The aircraft type is reported to be a Cessna.

As mentioned in the previous Blog Post, an Alliance Airlines Fokker F-100 - VH-FWI - was also struck by lightning while operating a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) flight into Gladstone on Thursday 14 November.  It was approximately 100kms to the South of Gladstone when it was stuck.