# Accident 20000608013189A: Boeing 737500, Nashville, TN, June 8, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 8, 2000, 19:30 local time - Place: Nashville, TN - Airport: Nashville International Airport - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121) - Operator: SWAA - Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10 - Aircraft: N522SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N522SW-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Boeing 737-5H4 (registry code 138449D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-5h4) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BOEING 737500 - Fatal injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608013189A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR, THE PASSENGER LEFT HIS SEAT AND APPROACHED A FLIGHT ATTENDANT AT ONE OF THE AFT ENTRY DOORS AND TOLD HER HE NEEDED SOME AIR. SHE DIRECTED HIM TO RESEAT HIMSELF THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE THIRD OF WHICH HE GRABBED HER HAIR AND OPENED THE SLIGHTLY AJAR DOOR AND JUMPED TO THE TARMAC. SHE WAS ABLE TO FREE HERSELF FROM HIS GRIP AND REMAIN ABOARD. THE PASSENGER FRACTURED HIS WRIST AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL CLINIC BY AIRPORT POLICE. OPERATED BY SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, CO., AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 121 SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT, FLIGHT NUMBER 1857, SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY TO A PASSENGER DURING A RAMP HOLD RELATED TO A WEATHER INDUCED AIRPORT POWER OUTAGE AT NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE ATP-RATED PILOT, COPILOT, AND CABIN CREW WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ARRIVAL WAS ABOUT 1 HOUR INTO THE RAMP HOLD DUE TO GATE UNAVAILABILITY WHEN THE MISHAP OCCURRED. (-23) AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO WAIT ON THE RAMP TO PARK BECAUSE OF A POWER FAILURE AT THE AIRPORT, AND THE JET-WAYS WOULD NOT OPERATE ON STANDBY POWER. A PASSENGER JUMPED FROM THE AFT EXIT DOOR, ALLEDGED THAT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM CLAUSTROPHOBIA AND BROKE HIS WRIST ON IMPACT WITH THE TARMAC. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N522SW (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20010323032499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010323032499I), Mar 23, 2001: Boeing 737500 (N522SW), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. (-23) A "bag runner", loading bags at a different gate, saw the aircraft pulling into gate 12 and ran over to marshall in swaa 1338. The regular "marshaler"… - [Accident 20000519040359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000519040359A), May 19, 2000: Boeing 737500 (N522SW), Nashville, TN. (.4) On may 19, 2000, about 2010 central daylight time, a Boeing 737-500, N522SW, registered to and operated by southwest airlines, CO., as a title 14 CFR part… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.