# Incident 20180311014589I: Boeing 737-800, Albuquerque, NM, March 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2018, 20:27 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Sunp
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 35.0389° N, 106.6083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBUQUERQUE INTL SUNPORT (ABQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0389&lon=-106.6083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8501V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8501V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-800 (registry code 1384414, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-800) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E/F series (registry code 13100, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-f-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-800
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E/F
- People aboard: 145
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 5
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,068 total, 14,068 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180311014589I

## Narrative

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

AT CRUISE FLIGHT ATTENDANT REPORTED BURNING SMELL IN THE AFT PART OF THE CABIN. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO ABQ.  UPON LANDING IN ABQ CAPTAIN INSTRUCTED PSGRS TO REMAIN SEATED. D FLIGHT ATTENDANT STATED SMOKE BEGAN TO WORSEN AND MADE THE DECISION TO BEGIN EVACUATION. EVACUATION OUT OF ALL FOUR DOOR EXITS. 5 MINOR INJURIES.

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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