# Accident 20080116844429A: Beech 58, Cleveland, OH, January 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2008, 19:30 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5175° N, 81.6833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5175&lon=-81.6833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3217L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3217L-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 18,600 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080116844429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 16, 2008, APPROXIMATELY 1922 LOCAL EASTERN STANDARD TIME (0022 ZULU), N3217L, A HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORPORATION BE-58 AIRPLANE, PILOTED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH LAKE ERIE DURING ITS CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT (KBKL), CLEVELAND, OHIO.  THE 14CFR PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATED FROM KBKL AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIAG), NEAR NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI08FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA066), Jan 17, 2008: Hawker Beechcraft 58 (N3217L), Cleveland, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot experienced spatial disorientation during the inital climb causing him to lose control of the airplane.

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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