# Incident 19910315012979I: Boeing 7373H4, Phoenix, AZ, March 15, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1991, 09:35 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N349W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 129
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910315012979I

## Narrative

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

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

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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