# Incident 20100424033569I: Beechcraft BE-20, Elyria, OH, April 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2010, 15:22 local time
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 41.3792° N, 82.0996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elyria, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3792&lon=-82.0996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16155 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT BE-20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 400 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100424033569I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTING KLPR VFR, FOX962 CALLED CLEVELAND APPROACH TO PICKUP AN IFR CLEARANCE ENROUTE.  ORIGINALLY, FOX962 FILED IFR WITH FSS.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THAT CLEARANCE IN THE SYSTEM WHILE ON THE GROUND.  FOX962 DEPARTED VFR INSTEAD.  PILOT THOUGHT HE COULD GET A CLEARANCE AIRBORNE BEFORE ENTERING CLEVELAND CLASS B AIRSPACE.  THE PILOT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.  ALTHOUGH HE DID CONTACT CLEVELAND APPROACH, HE WAS TOLD TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE.  BY THIS TIME, FOX962 HAD ENTERED THE CLASS B AIRSPACE.

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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