# Incident 19950915041049I: Namer SNJ5, Cleveland, OH, September 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1995, 11:35 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4LH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4LH-1998-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5 (registry code 6400418, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950915041049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1995, AT 1135 EDT A T6, N4LH, OWNED AND OPERATED BY WORLD WAR TWO WARBIRDS, INC., AND PILOTED BY SEAN PATRICK MCHUGH APPEARED TO HAVE PENETRATED THE CLEVELAND OHIO CLASS B AIRSPACE DURING A CFR 14, PART 91 CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WITHOUT RECEIVING AN APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FROM ATC. VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LINDEN, MICHIGAN AND WAS ENROUTE TO YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT. THE PILOT SUPPLIED DOCUMENTS AND A REPAIR ORDER WHICH INDICATED THAT THE TRANSPONDER WAS MALFUNCTIONING.

## Other reports on N4LH (1)

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

- [Accident 19960223002549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960223002549A), Feb 23, 1996: Namer SNJ5 (N4LH), Palm Beach, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Tail struck water while pilot was buzzing boats in inlet and rolls at low altitude.

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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