# Incident 20140923024209I: Boeing 737-5H4, Austn, TX, September 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2014, 07:20 local time
- Place: Austn, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Aircraft: N527SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N527SW-2018-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-5H4 (registry code 138449D, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-5h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-5H4
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,692 total, 10,692 in this make and model, 217 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140923024209I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMBOUT FROM AUS, FA REPORTED STRONG CHEMICAL ODORS/FUMES IN THE CABIN, PARTICULARLY IN AFT SECTIN. CAPTAIN DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO AUS. AFTER LANDING, AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF) ARRIVED. ONE DETECTED HOT SPOT AND CAPTAIN ELECTED TO EVACUATE. RIGHT HAND SIDE EXITS ONLY UTILIZED. NO OVERWING EXITS USED. ONE MINOR PASSENGER INJURY. ONE HUNDRED SEVEN (107) PASSENGERS ONBOARD.

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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