# Incident 20080926848289I: Airbus A319111, Denver, CO, September 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2008, 17:29 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N946FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N946FR-2009-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A319-111 (registry code 3940000, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-111) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-5B5/P series (registry code 13016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-5b5-p-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319111
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM565B5P
- People aboard: 107
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,743 total, 3,700 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080926848289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FRONTIER FLIGHT 387 WAS DISPATCHED FROM FLL WITHOUT AN ALTERNATE BECAUSE FORECAST WEATHER CONDITIONS AT DEN FOR ARRIVAL PLUS AND MINUS 1 HOUR DID NOT REQUIRE AN ALTERNATE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED IN HOLDING ATC AT KIPPY WITH AN EXPECTED FURTHER CLEARANCE TIME OF 2145 UTC.  A MESSAGE WAS SENT BY THE CAPTAIN TO DISPATCH ABOUT HOLDING WITH FUEL ONBOARD INFORMATION AT 2314 UTC.  THE CAPTAIN SENT AN ADDITIONAL MESSAGE AT 2321 UTC EXPLICITLY REQUESTING AN ALTERNATE.  ALTERNATE INFORMATION WAS NOT RECEIVED AND AT 2329 UTC AS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO DISPATCH THAT THE CAPTAIN WAS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOW FUEL AND THAT THE FLIGHT WAS PROCEEDING TO COS.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT 2340 UTC.

## Other reports on N946FR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20080121011649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080121011649I), Jan 21, 2008: Airbus A319111 (N946FR), Denver, CO, No damage. (-23) The captain, pilot flying (pf), conducting an ILS approach to the Denver international airport, requested flaps one (1) and the first officer, pilot…

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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