# Incident 20000620027549I: Saab SF340A, Cleveland, OH, June 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2000, 18:45 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 41.4995° N, 81.6954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cleveland, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4995&lon=-81.6954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340SF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000620027549I

## Narrative

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

(-23)CHQA 4277 DID DESCEND FROM ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF 15,000 FT TO 14,000 WIHTOUT ARTCC CLEARANCE. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF STANDARD SEPARATION WITH CHQA 4271, THE CLOSET PROXIMITY BEING 4 NM.  THERE WERE MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES IN THAT CHQA 4277 HAD ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS.  ALTHOUGH, CHQA 4277 NOTIFIED AN ATC CONTROLLER OF THE SITUATION, FLIGHT 4277 FAILED TO INFORM THE SUBSEQUENT CONTROLLER AND DESCENDED WITHOUT CLEARANCE.  THIS INCIDENT WAS REFERRED TO THE CHQA COM (IND FSDO).  THE SF-340 APM INFORMS THE CAPTAIN WAS COUNSELED BY HER CHIEF PILOT, AND HE OPINES CHQA TOOK APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION AND CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED. THE CMO CONCURRS WITH CLE-FSDO TO CLOSE THIS MATTER WITHOUT EIR.

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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