Took a strike one night (C402C, solo, single pilot IFR S.E. Aust) thru the Stbd engine prop boss, engine stopped never to run again. It went out the top of the vertical stabiliser blew the placcy fairing off as I discovered later. Total elctrical failure did get most of the systems back. In and out of cloud, no moon, no TS activity apparent on the radar or forecast.
Major damage to pilots seat cushion with several large washer sized holes discovered later.
Fair thought I had died and gone to hell.
Major Flash instantaneous Boom followed by darkness and chaos whilst trying to work out what had happened and if in fact I was still alive. So much for Joe Cool pilot.
Took a whole bottle of Scotlands finest to stop the shakes, mind you that's what causes them nowadays
Hey Redders aren't the NW TS awesome we used to sit out the back with a slab on days off just watching them build 50 to 60K was not uncommon. On the ground by lunch or you were lunch for the TS.