# Incident 19850928055939I: Boeing 737222, Huntsville, AL, September 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1985, 09:53 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Madison Co
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9003U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9003U-1997-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-222 (registry code 1384473, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737222
- People aboard: 35
- 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/19850928055939I

## Narrative

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

SMALL CURL OF SMOKE NOTED FROM OVERHEAD PANEL BATTERY SWITCH. DIVERTED. REPLACED BATTERY SWITCH.

## Other reports on N9003U (1)

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

- [Incident 19910409031729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910409031729I), Apr 9, 1991: Boeing 737222 (N9003U), Seattle, WA, Minor damage. Left engine caught fire after departure. Returned. Evacuated on taxiway. Had one slide problem.

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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