# Incident 20080914854549I: Boeing 7373H4, South Bend, IN, September 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2008, 21:57 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: South Bend Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 41.7082° N, 86.3173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH BEND INTL (SBN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7082&lon=-86.3173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N656SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- People aboard: 136
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080914854549I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE FROM MDW TO BDL, FLIGHT 1206 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO SMOKE FUMES IN THE REAR OF THE CABIN.  THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SOUTH BEND, IN (KSBN) AND LANDED AT 0211 UTC ON 09/15/2008 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  MDW MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISPATCHED TO SOUTH BEND DISCOVERED A BURNED OUT GASPER FAN, WHICH WAS REPLACED.  AN SDR WILL BE FILED.

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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