# Incident 20020911024109I: Airbus A320212, Fort Smith, AR, September 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2002, 11:15 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWAA
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-212 (registry code 3930322, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320212
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020911024109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2002, ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS A PASSENGER ON NORTHWEST FLIGHT 979 FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TO LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THE PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA O^ ACTIONS DURING THIS FLIGHT RESULTED IN THE INTERFERENCE WITH THE FLIGHT MEMBERS AND CREW PERFORMANCE. IN ADDITION, HIS ACTIONS AS A PASSENGER RESULTED IN THE DIVERSION OF NORTHWEST FLIGHT 979 FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE TO LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, TO FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS.

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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