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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-214 · Tampa, FL · February 3, 2018

Date
February 3, 2018 · 21:02 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
Tampa International Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
F3LA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N221FR
Reported as
Airbus A320-214
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56-5B4/P
People aboard
132
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
3

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Saturday, February 3, 2018, frontier airlines (certificate number F3LA008Y) flight 1883, from mco to phx, declared an emergency when a passenger?s cellular phone and charger began to heat up and smoke. The aircraft diverted to tpa with 124 passengers on board.

Two passengers reported burn injuries. One on his upper extremity (received treatment only) and the other on her back (no treatment). A third passenger had difficulty breathing (no treatment). The passengers were seen by Tampa fire rescue. All injured passengers refused transport to the hospital for further evaluation.

The smoke did not damage the frontier airlines aircraft, an A320-214, registration number N221FR.

As the FAA filed it

ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2018, FRONTIER AIRLINES (CERTIFICATE NUMBER F3LA008Y) FLIGHT 1883, FROM MCO TO PHX, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN A PASSENGER?S CELLULAR PHONE AND CHARGER BEGAN TO HEAT UP AND SMOKE. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO TPA WITH 124 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.

TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED BURN INJURIES. ONE ON HIS UPPER EXTREMITY (RECEIVED TREATMENT ONLY) AND THE OTHER ON HER BACK (NO TREATMENT). A THIRD PASSENGER HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING (NO TREATMENT). THE PASSENGERS WERE SEEN BY TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. ALL INJURED PASSENGERS REFUSED TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

THE SMOKE DID NOT DAMAGE THE FRONTIER AIRLINES AIRCRAFT, AN A320-214, REGISTRATION NUMBER N221FR.