# Incident 20030912023569I: Boeing 737, Cleveland, OH, September 12, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2003
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912023569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PASSENGER ON SWA FLIGHT 2306, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT TO THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SMOKED A CIGARETTE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT THE GATE, HAVING RETURNED TO THE GATE AFTER A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING FOLLOWING A BIRDSTRIKE ON DEPARTURE. ^PRIVACY D^ WAS ADVISED BY CREWMEMBER AS TO THE RULES OF SMOKING. HE COMPLIED, WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, QUESTIONED BY AIRPORT POLICE, AND WAS ALLOWED BY AIRLINE TO REBOARD THE NEXT FLIGHT.

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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