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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 7373H4 · Phoenix, AZ · March 15, 1991

Date
March 15, 1991 · 09:35 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Aircraft
N349W
Reported as
Boeing 7373H4
People aboard
129
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

In flight fire in lavatory trash container. Extinguished by crew. Passenger placed a lighted cigarette in container

As the FAA filed it

IN FLIGHT FIRE IN LAVATORY TRASH CONTAINER. EXTINGUISHED BY CREW. PASSENGER PLACED A LIGHTED CIGARETTE IN CONTAINER