# Incident 19971104043519I: Emb EMB120, Cleveland, OH, November 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1997, 20:50 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- 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: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,130 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971104043519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BTA 3205 LANDED WITHOUT VERBAL CLEARANCE. APPROACH CONTROL FAILED TO SWITCH HIM TO TOWER FREQUENCY. BTA 3205 FOLLOWING HEAVY L-1011 AND ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE ON FINAL. TOWER GAVE HIM GREEN LIGHT. CREW DID NOT SEE LIGHT SIGNAL. CONTINENTAL EXPRESS AIRLINES TOOK THE FOLLOWING ACTION: A. COUNSELING BY CHIEF PILOTS OFFICE. B. REQUIRED TO ATTEND GROUND SCHOOL. C. GIVEN AN ENROUTE LINE CHECK. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

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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