Dornier DO228 incident near Cleveland, Ohio, January 19, 1987
On January 19, 1987 at about 10:40 pm local time, a Dornier DO228, registered N88FB, suffered minor damage in an incident near Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Hopkins Intl. airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 19, 1987 · about 10:40 pm local time
- Place
- Cleveland, Ohio · Cleveland Hopkins Intl.
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Dornier DO228
- Registration
- N88FB · registry record · serial 8088
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
A PIECE OF ICE PENETRATED A PAX CABIN WINDOW IMMEDIATELY FORWARD OF THE RT ENGINE PROP ARC AND THE ICE STRIKE PLATE. THE ACFT MFR SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN RECOMMENDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE STANDARD WINDOWS INSTALLED FORWARD OF THE PROP ARC(S) WITH REINFORCED WINDOWS.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot, private
- Ratings: instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 2,284 hours in all; 659 in this make and model; 280 in the last 90 days
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,196 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, January 17, 1987; 14 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 13,184 lb
- Seats: 21
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Garrett TPE-331-52 (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: Fischer Brothers Aviation
The flight
- Departed from: CMH Columbus OH at 10:05 pm
- Flight plan: VFR then IFR
- Runway 5R, 8,998 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: dusk
- Wind: from 360° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 500 ft
- Temperature: 30°F (-1°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 10:50 pm from CLE, 7 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 4 |
Other NTSB records under N88FB the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ATL87IA062.