# Accident 20120414012209A: Airbus Industrie A319-132, Denver, CO, April 14, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2012, 23:50 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N808AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N808AW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A319-132 (registry code 3930340, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a319-132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A319-132
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 5,300 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120414012209A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STARTED DESCENT FROM FLIGHT LEVEL 390 WHERE THE RIDE HAD BEEN SMOOTH. THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS ON FOR THE DESCENT. APPROACHING FLIGHT LEVEL 320 THE AIRSPEED STARTED TO INCREASE. THE AUTOPILT WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE PITCH WAS MANUALLY INCREASED TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE FROM EXCEEDING MMO. AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED WHAT THE CREW DESCRIBED AS SEVERE TURBULENCE. THE AIRCRAFT EXCEEDED THE SPEED LIMITATION BY 10-20 KNOTS. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE THROWN INTO THE OVERHEAD AND SUFFERED SOME BROKEN BONES. TWO PASSENGERS WERE ALSO SLIGHTLY INJURED.THE FLIGHT LANDED IN DENVER AND THE INJURED PARTIES WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR EXCESSIVE LOAD AND OVERSPEED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N808AW (2)

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

- [Incident 20060826023619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060826023619I), Aug 26, 2006: Airbus A319132 (N808AW), Baltimore, MD. (-23) Passenger [privacy data omitted] created a disturbance becoming physically abusive to cabin crew and other passengers causing the flight to return to…
- [Incident 20000712036029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000712036029I), Jul 12, 2000: Airbus A319132 (N808AW), Omaha, NE. (-23)N808AW, A-319, being operated as American west airlines flight 784, was enroute from phoenix, AZ, to columbus, OH, when the pilot diverted to Omaha, NE,…

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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