# Incident 19970213009209I: Saab 340B, Cleveland, OH, February 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1997, 19:15 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NVEA
- 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: N238AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N238AE-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,195 total, 4,098 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970213009209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: EGF-885 DID NOT COMPLY WITH AN ATC CLEARANCE AND DEVIATED FROM AN ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. PILOT FLYING WAS THE SIC. PIC AND SIC WERE COUNSELED, GIVEN LETT OF WARNING (EIR), RECEIVED COMPANY LINE CHECK AND RECEIVED ADDITIONAL GROUND TRAINING FROM A COMPANY CHECK AIRMAN. DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN ITEM #18, FAA FORM 8020-18, PILOT DEVIATION NO. PGLTCLE97002, ATTACHED.

## Other reports on N238AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20000826024089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000826024089I), Aug 26, 2000: Saab 340B (N238AE), Buffalo, NY. (-23)On Saturday, August 26, 2000, at 2332 local, a simmons airlines (d/b/a American eagle), Saab 340B, N138AE, flight 5073, reported a landing gear problem…

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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