DCA25LA266

NTSB accident investigation · Airbus A320-251N · Denver, CO · July 12, 2025

Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
July 12, 2025, 12:23 local (18:23 UTC)
Place
Denver, CO
Injuries
122 uninjured
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N384FRAirbus A320-251N
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 3
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Case key
200552

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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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N384FR
Reported as
Airbus A320-251N
Flight
Part 121
Operator
Frontier Airlines
Registered owner
Bank Of Utah Trustee

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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Observed at
1 nm away