# Incident 19830523028679I: Boeing 737222, Memphis, TN, May 23, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1983, 10:45 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PAIA
- Location: 35.0424° N, 89.9767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0424&lon=-89.9767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 57
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83IA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830523028679I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN WHILE TAXING. SMOKE CAME FROM AN OVERHEATED AIR CONDITIONING PACK. MALFUNCTIONING BATTERY BUS RELAY.

## 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 ATL83IA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA197), May 23, 1983: Boeing B-737-222 (N752N), Memphis, TN, incident, no damage

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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