# NTSB DCA25LA266: Airbus A320-251N, N384FR, Denver, CO, July 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: July 12, 2025, 12:23 local (18:23 UTC)
- Place: Denver, CO
- 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
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 122 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25LA266
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA266

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) (defining event); cases with it: [Airbus A320-251N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md?model=3940325), [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N384FR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N384FR), registered now, S/N 10596, built 2021 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-251N
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-251N](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-251n) (registry code 3940325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International LEAP-1A26](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-leap-1a26) (registry code 13110, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Frontier Airlines
- Registered owner: Bank Of Utah Trustee

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Observed at: 1 nm away

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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