# Incident 19980405012029I: Piper PA28181, Lorain - Elyria, OH, April 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1998, 16:45 local time
- Place: Lorain - Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3443° N, 82.1776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LORAIN COUNTY RGNL (LPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3443&lon=-82.1776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38583 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 70 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/19980405012029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED HOMEBASE (22G) WITH INTENTIONS TO OVERFLY THE COMMUNITY OF WESTLAKE, OHIO (APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES NE OF 22G). HE MADE ONE CIRCUIT OVER WESTLAKE, OHIO AND RETURNED TO 22G. DURING THE FLIGHT, HE UNKNOWINGLY FLEW INTO THE CLE CLASS B AIRSPACE WITH NO CLEARANCE. IN SUBSEQUENT TELEPHONE COUNSELING, THE PILOT EXPRESSED SINCERE REGRET WITH PLANS TO WORK TOWARD AN INSTRUMENT RATING TO INCREASE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF AIRSPACE AND PROCEDURES. ^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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