Airbus A319-111 N910FR
3 June 2003 · Denver, Colorado, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 3 June 2003 at about 02:29 local time, a Airbus A319-111 registered N910FR was involved in an accident near Denver, Colorado, United States. 102 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 02:29
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Coordinates
- 39.8639, -104.6672
- Aircraft
- Airbus A319-111
- Registration
- N910FR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Cancun → Denver
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- DEN03LA094
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 |
Probable cause
the inflight encounter with severe turbulence.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight had just left a holding pattern, southeast of the airport. The pilot made the announcement for passengers and flight attendents to take their seats. Descending through approximately 11,000 feet msl, the flight encountered turbulence. A flight attendant was stowing a beverage cart and was thrown up in the air, fell and fractured her left ankle. The automated weather observation at the Denver airport reported occasional lightning in-cloud, distant southeast; thunderstorm moving southeast; virga distant northeast thru southeast thru south of the station; cumulonimbus clouds distant northeast thru southeast thru south, moving southeast; rain showers in the distant southeast. Aviation Routine Weather Report report taken at 2053 reported winds were from 160 degrees at 13 knots; visibility 10 statute miles; few clouds at 7500 feet agl; scattered clouds at 12,000 feet; agl, broken clouds at 15,000 feet agl; temperature 13 degrees Celsius; dewpoint 9 degrees Celsius; altimeter setting 29.93; virga distant east and south of the station; cumulonimbus clouds distant east and south, moving southeast.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Airbus A319 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Apr 2003 | Airbus A319-111 | Pueblo, Colorado, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Airbus A319-114 | Manchester, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Nov 2002 | Airbus A319-131 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 2004 | Airbus A319 | Flat Rock, Virginia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Apr 2002 | Airbus A319-114 | Reno, Nevada, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 2005 | Airbus A319-111 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Frontier Airlines Inc | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2003 | Aerostar RX-8 | Snowmass Villag, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 2003 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Delta, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2003 | Beechcraft S35 | Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States | Peter J. Vercouteren | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 2003 | Cessna 172S | Erie, Colorado, United States | Specialty Flight Training, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Mar 2003 | Beechcraft E-90 | Kremmling, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 2003 | Cessna 172P | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |