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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Cleveland, OH · June 4, 1997

Date: June 4, 1997 · 16:34 local
Place: Cleveland, OH
Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: CGFKG
Reported as: Cessna 172
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 122 total122 in this make and model30 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.

Narrative: the aircraft was observed on radar by cle-atc 18 miles nnw of Cleveland at 4,400 feet flying in a southerly direction (170 degree heading). The base of class b airspace in this sector is 4,000 feet. The aircraft continued on this 170 degree heading for three minutes, and then began a descent. The pilot then contacted Cleveland tower for landing instructions. The pilot (canadian) stated that at the time of this incident he was on a VFR flight plan from Canada to the united states working flight following. When he terminated communications with flight following he contacted the Cleveland tower for landing instructions. This incident was unintentional privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON RADAR BY CLE-ATC 18 MILES NNW OF CLEVELAND AT 4,400 FEET FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION (170 DEGREE HEADING). THE BASE OF CLASS B AIRSPACE IN THIS SECTOR IS 4,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON THIS 170 DEGREE HEADING FOR THREE MINUTES, AND THEN BEGAN A DESCENT. THE PILOT THEN CONTACTED CLEVELAND TOWER FOR LANDING INSTRUCTIONS. THE PILOT (CANADIAN) STATED THAT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT HE WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM CANADA TO THE UNITED STATES WORKING FLIGHT FOLLOWING. WHEN HE TERMINATED COMMUNICATIONS WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING HE CONTACTED THE CLEVELAND TOWER FOR LANDING INSTRUCTIONS. THIS INCIDENT WAS UNINTENTIONAL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^