# Incident 19981221045219I: Saab 340B, Cleveland, OH, December 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1998, 05:45 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- 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: N407XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981221045219I

## Narrative

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

(-5)MESABA 2870 WAS ISSUED A CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 23R WITH A CLEARANCE TO HOLD SHORT OF 23L MESABA2870 ACCEPTED THE CLEARANCE AND THEN TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 23L RESULTING IN A RUWNAY INCURSION. AN AIRCRAFT ON FINAL WAS FORCED TO GO AROUND.

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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