# Incident 19980722035949I: Piper PA23250, Cleveland, OH, July 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1998, 16:51 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N13981, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13981-2019-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980722035949I

## Narrative

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

(-5) N13981 DEPARTED BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT, RUNWAY 24L, VFR. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED RIGHT AND CONTINUED TURNING UNTIL IT WAS SOUTHEAST BOUND. N13981 REPORTEDLY ENTERED THE CLE CLASS B @ 3100' MSL. BOTH PILOTS MADE STATEMENTS AND FILED NASA REPORTS STATING THEY LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT AT 2800' MSL.

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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