# Incident 20151227020759I: Airbus A320-214, Denver, CO, December 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2015, 10:58 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: N211FR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N211FR-2023-06-28) (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: 179
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151227020759I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/27/2015 IN VMC, AND W/SEAT BELT SIGN ILLUMINATED, FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.  FLT ATTENDANT IN REAR OF A/C FELL INJURING HEAD, ARM AND THUMB.  PILOT CREW DETERMINED BEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO DIVERT TO DEN.  EMERGENCY DECLARED, CLEARANCE RECEIVED AND DISPATCH NOTIFIED.  MEDICAL PERSONNEL MET A/C ON ARRIVAL AND TOOK FLIGHT ATTENDANT TO HOSPITAL.  INDIVIDUAL WAS CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

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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