# Accident 20130812016039A: Airbus A320-214, Denver, CO, August 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2013, 12:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208FR-2017-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-214 (registry code 3940006, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-5B4 series (registry code 13010, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-5b4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-214
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-5B4
- People aboard: 164
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,740 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130812016039A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 12, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT), FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT 283, AN AIRBUS A320-214, N208FR, ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULANCE AT THE TOP OF DESCENT INTO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DENVER, COLORADO (DEN).  ONE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND TWO ADDITIONAL FLIGHT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE PASSENGER FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121 DOMESTIC RULES AND ORIGINATED FROM ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (STL).  THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) AND WAS IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE FASTEN SEAT BELT SIGNS WERE ILLUMINATED AND THE CAPTAIN HAD ADVISED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO BE SEATED.   HOWEVER, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CONTINUED THEIR SERVICE RELATED DUTIES AND WERE NOT SEATED AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED THE TURBULENCE.

## 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

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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