Originally Posted by
ericferret
There exists a photograph of a Super Puma at Bergen that suffered a lightning strike to a main rotor blade. It blew a hole aft of the spar large enough for the chief engineer to put his head through it.
Wish I had kept a copy. This would have been circa 1995.
https://www.fss.aero/accident-report...5-01-19-UK.pdf refers to
another AS332L helicopter suffered a high energy lightning strike. This Norwegian aircraft, LN-OLB, was inbound to Bergen on the 27 February 1996 when it was struck, resulting in heavy airframe vibration. The commander elected to continue to land at Bergen where subsequent inspection revealed marked damage to its main rotor blades, with further damage to its hydraulic system components and airframe, although the tail rotor showed no evidence of lightning attachment
Oddly it doesn't seem to figure in the Norwegian official list of reports
https://www.nsia.no/Aviation/Publish...ge=1&lcid=1033