# Incident 19971015044059I: Piper PA34200T, Cleveland, OH, October 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1997, 16:05 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: N3994X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971015044059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N3994X DEPARTED BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT (BKL) AND WAS OBSERVED ON A VFR CODE CLIMBING TO 3700' IN CLASS BRAVO AIRSPACE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAGGED BY THE RADAR CONTROLLER WITH THE CALL SIGN "WATCH" AND TRACKED SW BOUND. N3994X EVENTUALLY CALLED CLE APPROACH & WAS RADAR IDENTIFIED 7 MI SE OF CLE @ 3500'. ^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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