42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 4, 2003 · 21:15 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Reported as
Boeing 737*
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On 2/4/03 at approximately 2115 LCL, privacy data omitted while flying on southwest airlines flight 484 from las vegas, NV to Buffalo, NY, was smoking a cigarette in the forward lavatory.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON 2/4/03 AT APPROXIMATELY 2115 LCL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE FLYING ON SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 484 FROM LAS VEGAS, NV TO BUFFALO, NY, WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE IN THE FORWARD LAVATORY.