Date:	Friday 27 October 2017
Time:	07:20
Type:	Beechcraft B200 Super King Air
Owner/operator:	Eastern Air Services
Registration:	VH-LNK
MSN:	BB-968
Year of manufacture:	1982
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lord Howe Island Airport, NSW (LDH) -   Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Port Macquarie Airport, NSW (PQQ/YPMQ)
Destination airport:	Lord Howe Island Airport, NSW (LDH/YLHI)
Confidence Rating:

Narrative:
A Beechcraft B200 Super King Air sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Lord Howe Island Airport, Australia.
During descent, the aircraft was struck by lightning and the flight director and autopilot failed. During late final approach, the aircraft encountered a strong downdraft, resulting in a hard landing with substantial damage to the right wing and propeller.
The Lord Howe Island Airport has a single 2907 ft runway, direction 10/28. Weather at the morning of the accident included strong, gusting winds. At 07:28 winds were measured from 030° at 27 knots, gusting to 39 knots.

19:20 UTC / 06:20 local time:
YLHI 261920Z AUTO 01008G20KT 5000 // SCT018 SCT040 OVC058 20/18 Q1008

20:28 UTC / 07:28 local time:
YLHI 262028Z AUTO 03027G39KT 6000 // SCT014 BKN044 OVC081 20/18 Q1005

21:26 UTC / 08:26 local time:
YLHI 262126Z AUTO 31011KT 6000 // SCT012 BKN020 OVC069 17/16 Q1002

Weather report restriction linked to Lord Howe air crash (theaustralian.com.au, 3 Nov 2017)
ATSB ref. 201704957

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