# Incident 20040216017029I: Cleveland, OH, February 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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)
- People aboard: 134
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216017029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ ON SWA FLIGHT 615 (MDW-CLE) WAS ALLEGEDLY SMOKED A CIGARETTE DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS. THE POLICE INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DAT^ AND HE ADMITTED SMOKING ON THE FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS INTOXICATED AND DISORDERLY, DUE TO HIS BEHAVIOR HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST BY THE CLEVELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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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