# Incident 19970604027009I: Cessna 172, Cleveland, OH, June 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1997, 16:34 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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: CGFKG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 122 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970604027009I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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