# Incident 19971227043559I: Piper PA28161, Cleveland, OH, December 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1997, 14:11 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5179° N, 81.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURKE LAKEFRONT (BKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5179&lon=-81.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3133Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3133Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 200 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/19971227043559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT VFR. PILOT CALLED ATC REQUESTING CLEARANCE THROUGH CLEVELAND CLASS B AIRSPACE. AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY INSIDE CLASS B AIRSPACE AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED A CLEARANCE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3133Q (3)

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

- [Incident 20260621011639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260621011639I), Jun 21, 2026: Piper PA-28-161 (N3133Q), Middletown, RI, Minor damage. Summary of the events The aircraft arrived on a solo student cross-country flight from hartford, CT (khfd) to Newport State rhode island airport (kuuu). The…
- [Incident 19991201033489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991201033489I), Dec 1, 1999: Piper PA28161 (N3133Q), Washington, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot primed the aircraft 4 times and attempted a start. He then waited a few more seconds, primed the aircraft 4 more times during the next…
- [Incident 19960926035159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960926035159I), Sep 26, 1996: Piper PA28161 (N3133Q), Washington, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: in a statement given by the pilot, during the first approach, he decided to go-around. In the process of executing the procedure, the aircraft…

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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