# Incident 19790909048589I: Boeing 737/, Atlanta, GA, September 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1979
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartsfield
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UAL
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9002 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737/
- People aboard: 106
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790909048589I

## Narrative

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

DUE TO CREW ERROR, EXTERNAL POWER CART OVERLOADED. SMOKE FROM CART ENTERED CABIN, LED TO FALSE EVACUATION.

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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