# Incident 19980412010919I: Cessna 172N, Cleveland, OH, April 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1998, 22:06 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: N5346D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5346D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 35 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/19980412010919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE INADVERTENTLY CLIMBED INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE AS HE WAS WAITING FOR BKL TO GIVE HIM A HANDOFF TO CLE DEPARTURE CONTROL (ARTC). HE STATED THAT AS HE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 3,800 FEET HE CONTACTED BKL TOWER TO ADVISE IF HE COULD LEAVE THE FREQUENCY TO CONTACT CLE DEPARTURE CONTROL, WHEN HE CONTACTED CLE DEPARTURE HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS IN CLASS B AIRSPACE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT USED POOR JUDGMENT AND WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH COMMON ATC PROCEDURES FOR OPERATIONS INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE.

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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