# Incident 19891208065059I: Swrngn SA26AT, Lorain, OH, December 8, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1989, 09:54 local time
- Place: Lorain, OH
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GXPA
- Location: 41.4388° N, 82.1797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lorain, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4388&lon=-82.1797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53070, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53070-1992-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-26AT (registry code 8780112, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA26AT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891208065059I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW THROUGH THE CLEVELAND CONTROL AREA WITHOUT CLEARANCE. TCA INCURSION WAS THE RESULT OF A FAULTY TRANSPONDER.

## Other reports on N53070 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900314013629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900314013629I), Mar 14, 1990: Swrngn SA26AT (N53070), Monroe, MI. Complaints about aircraft making passes and landing on runway toward people and damaged aircraft.
- [Incident 19900216006929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900216006929I), Feb 16, 1990: Swrngn SA26AT (N53070), New York, NY. Lost all communication and navigation capabilities.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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