- Date
- July 16, 2024, 23:16 local (Jul 17, 2024, 03:16 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 177 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N633NKAirbus A320-232
- Defining event
- Taxi: Abrupt maneuver
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 194718
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The captain’s inadvertent aggressive application of the brakes during taxi which resulted in a sudden stop. Contributing to the accident was the flight attendants’ failure to notify the flight crew of the unsecure cabin.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
Spirit Airlines Inc. flight 1101 came to a sudden stop while taxiing to their gate at Orlando International Airport (ORD), Orlando, Florida, and a flight attendant (FA) sustained a serious injury. The flight crew was instructed to hold short of the ramp area due to another airplane occupying the alleyway to their assigned gate. Once the other airplane departed the alleyway flight 1101 could taxi to their gate. The flight crew reported multiple announcements were made reminding passengers to remain seated since they were not at the gate. Believing the cabin was secure, they began to taxi to the gate for parking. Shortly thereafter, they received a call from a FA indicating that there was a line at the aft lavatory and that the cabin was not secure. The captain applied the brakes and inadvertently brought the airplane to an abrupt stop. The flight crew then received a call advising them of multiple FA injuries. At the time of the event, FA-A and FA-D were assisting a passenger who was vomiting profusely. When the aircraft came to an abrupt stop, FA-A sustained an injury to her wrist, while FA-D was thrown to the floor and hit her head. Upon being notified of the injury, the flight crew requested to have emergency medical technicians (EMT) meet the aircraft at the gate. FA-A and FA-D were transported to local hospitals where one was diagnosed with a minor wrist injury and the other a serious head injury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N633NK
- Reported as
- Airbus A320-232
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6345
- Built
- 2014
- Airframe hours
- 34,631
- Engines
- IAE V2527-A5, 24,800 lbs thrust, turbo fanIAE V2527-A5, 24,800 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Spirit Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bank Of Utah Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 9, 2023
- Departed
- Charolette, NC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MCO · Orlando Intl, runway 17L, 9,001 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 444
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 27, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 11,500 total · 4,700 in this make and model · 5,600 as pilot in command
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 25, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 2,378 total · 657 in this make and model · 284 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 170° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- KMCO, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KMCO 170653Z 17003KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP174 T02390233
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 16, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.4 MB in all.