EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; General Maintenance Action
Weather
While on approach into SLC we asked for deviations left to avoid a buildup that looked to top 16;000 feet. After we were clear of that buildup we were IMC and ATC gave us a vector for LDA 35 approach. While ATC was communicating to us; Com 1 had a little static so we switched to Com 2 which had the same amount of static so we switched back to Com 1. A few seconds later we heard a loud bang and the First Officer (FO) saw a flash. The aircraft handled good and there was nothing indicating a malfunction so we determined it must be a lightning strike. We continued for a final vector for the LDA 35. The FO as pilot monitoring advised ATC; sent Dispatch a free text; made a passenger announcement and notified the Flight Attendants. We continued to land and taxi to the gate with no further incident. I entered two discrepancies in the maintenance logbook; one for the lightning strike and one for the missing static wick on the left elevator. The weather conditions at the time of the lightning strike were light rain; very light chop; and IMC. We landed in VMC.
EMB-175 Captain reported being struck by lightning on approach to SLC.