# Incident 19971023042009I: Cessna 172RG, Cleveland, OH, October 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N6337V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6337V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,960 total, 900 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971023042009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 23, 1997, AT 1100 EST, A CESSNA 172RG, N6337V, OWNED AND OPERATED BY EUGENE RALPH SLIMS TAXIED ON A BARRICADED AND CLOSED TAXIWAY AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LANCASTER, OHIO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED.

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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