# Incident 20020522013409I: Boeing 757223, Las Vegas, NV, May 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2002, 22:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N626AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N626AA-2016-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-223 (registry code 1384957, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 series (registry code 54555, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757223
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020522013409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING DESCENT INTO (LAS), PASSENGER WAS SMOKING IN RIGHT HAND AFT LAVATORY. TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS SMOKING HE IGNITED THE AIR FRESHENER IN THE RIGHT HAND AFT LAVATORY. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY ONE THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE CAPTAIN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INDIVIDUAL WAS DETAINED BY LOCAL POLICE WHO TURNED HIM OVER TO THE FBI.

## Other reports on N626AA (2)

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

- [Accident 20101026050469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101026050469A), Oct 26, 2010: Boeing 757-223 (N626AA), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. On October 26, 2010, at approximately 2157 eastern daylight time (EDT) (UTC -4), N626AA, a Boeing B-757-223 operated by American airlines, inc., as American…
- [Incident 19920729038419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920729038419I), Jul 29, 1992: Boeing 757223 (N626AA), Jackson, WY. On landing rollout the aircraft overran the departure end of runway. Three runway end lights damaged. Two tires cut

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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