# Accident 20120510009689A: Airbus A319-112, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 10, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2012, 13:23 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 26.0742° N, 80.1509° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0742&lon=-80.1509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N951FR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319-112
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-5B6
- People aboard: 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,213 total, 7,586 in this make and model, 211 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA12FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120510009689A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 10, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1223 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) (UTC-4), AN AIRBUS A319-112, REGISTRATION NUMBER N951FR, OPERATED BY FRONTIER AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 384 ENCOUNTERED IN-FLIGHT TURBULENCE WHICH RESULTED IN A SERIOUS INJURY (BROKEN LEG) TO A FLIGHT ATTENDANT.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PAR 121 AS A DOMESTIC AIR CARRIER FLIGHT ORIGINATING IN DENVER, CO (DEN) AND LANDING IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (FLL).  THERE WERE 135 PASSENGERS AND 5 CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD.  THE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTER OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES WEST OF FLL DURING DESCENT FOR LANDING AT FLL, WHILE PASSING APPROXIMATELY 13,000 FEET.  WEATHER IN THE AREA WAS GENERALLY FAIR WITH SOME TOWERING CUMULUS AND ONE SIGNIFICANT BUILDUP DEPICTED BY RADAR AT THE POSITION WHICH THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA12FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA069), May 10, 2012: Airbus A319-112 (N951FR), Fort Lauderdale, FL, no damage. Probable cause: an inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence developing upwards into the flight path, which was not detected on weather radar as configured by the crew. Contributing to the delay in…

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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