Enablement of aircraft operation with limited inspection after a lightning strike and before performance of an extended conditional inspection for lightning strike damage of the aircraft

An apparatus to evaluate continued usage of an aircraft of a type of aircraft after a lightning strike to the aircraft, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memory devices storing instructions executable by the one or more processor to:
• perform structure assessments of one or more structures of the type of aircraft based on one or more representative values for lightning strike damage for the type of aircraft, wherein performing the structure assessments comprises modeling the one or more structures based on the one or more representative values for lightning strike damage, and wherein the one or more representative values for lightning strike damage for the type of aircraft are based on historical data for lightning strike damage to the type of aircraft;
• and
• determine a number indicating how many flights the aircraft of the type of aircraft can fly after the lightning strike to the aircraft and before performing an extended conditional inspection for lightning strike damage.