# Incident 20020415017769I: Boeing 757*, Norfolk, VA, April 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2002, 18:46 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020415017769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOWRY STEWART GRIFFIN, WHILE MALE, ^PRIVACY DATA O^, WAS ASSIGNED SEAT 1A ON DALA FLIGHT 686 FROM ATL TO ORF. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED ORF, MR. GRIFFIN REFUSED TO REMAIN IN HIS SEAT WITH HIS SEAT BELT FASTENED, FAILED TO COMPLY WITH CREWMEMBER INSTRUCTIONS, AND INTERFERED WITH CREWMEMBERS IN THE PERFORMANCE IN THEIR DUTIES. MR. GRIFFIN WAS RESTRAINED BY A VIRGINIA BEACH POLICE DETECTIVE AND A TSA EMPLOYEE. NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT POLICE ARRESTED MR. GRIFFIN UPON ARRIVAL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FBI HAS WARRANT FOR MR. GRIFFIN'S ARREST FOR INTERFERING WITH CREWMEMBERS. INVESTIGATION WILL ALSO DETERMINE IF MR. GRIFFIN WAS INTOXICATED WHEN HE BOARDED AND/OR WAS SERVED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON BOARD WHEN HE WAS INTOXICATED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION AGAINST CARRIER.

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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