# Incident 19971102043799I: Boeing 737524, Cleveland, OH, November 2, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1997, 20:30 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- 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: N16642, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16642-2012-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737524
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 195 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971102043799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: COA FLIGHT 1605 DEPARTED THE RAMP AREA CONTROLLED BY CONTINENTAL RAMP TOWER, AND THEN TAXIED WITHOUT CLEARANCE INTO AN AREA CONTROLLED BY CLE-ATCT GROUND CONTROL. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT CONSIDERED AGGRAVATED SINCE IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL AND NO OTHER AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED. PIC AND SIC WERE VERBALLY COUNSELED AND RECEIVED A CERTIFIED LETTER OF COUNSELING FROM THEIR CHIEF PILOT. IN ADDITION AGL-620 WAS REQUESTED TO INSPECT THE TAXIWAY SIGNAGE IN THE AREA WHERE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N16642 (2)

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

- [Incident 20010917027939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010917027939I), Sep 17, 2001: Boeing 737524 (N16642), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On September 17, 2001, at 1405 EDT, a Boeing B-737, N16642, flight 137, operated by Continental airlines, after experiencing problems with the horizontal…
- [Incident 19971026042339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971026042339I), Oct 26, 1997: Boeing 737500* (N16642), El Paso, TX. Narrative: #1 engine gear box failure caused engine flame out. #1 engine was removed/replaced.

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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