41.4995° N, 81.6954° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1978 · 17:46 local
Place
Cleveland, OH
Airport
Hopkins International
Phase of flight
Missed Approach IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N814M
Reported as
Lear 35LEAR
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,020 total502 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot lost sight of runway lights, tried to abort, skidded of side of runway.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST SIGHT OF RUNWAY LIGHTS, TRIED TO ABORT, SKIDDED OF SIDE OF RUNWAY.