# Incident 20090916050469I: Cessna 172N, Cleveland, OH, September 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2009, 11:40 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2232E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2232E) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 42 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090916050469I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED CGF AIRPORT (USUALLY DEPARTED FROM LNN) HEADING WESTBOUND INTENDING TO TRANSITION UNDER THE CLEVELAND CLASS B AIRSPACE.  DUE TO BEING CLOSER TO THE CLASS B THAN HE WAS USED TO; THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY ENTERED THE AIRSPACE WITHOUT RECEIVING THE PROPER CLEARANCE FROM ATC.  HE HAD ESTABLISHED TWO-WAY RADIO CONTACT AND RECEIVED A TRANSPONDER CODE BUT ENTERED THE CLASS B PRIOR TO RECEIVING "CLEARED TO ENTER CLASS B" FROM CLEVELAND STC.

## Other reports on N2232E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010203005149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010203005149I), Feb 3, 2001: Cessna 172N (N2232E), Sandusky, OH, Minor damage. (-23)On February 3, 2001, at approximately 1415 EST, N2232E, Cessna 172N, suffered minor damage during a loss of directional control while landing at…

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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