DCA83AA021

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 737-2H4 · Casper, WY · March 23, 1983

Accident · Serious injuriesFinal report
Date
March 23, 1983, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
Place
Casper, WY
Injuries
1 serious, 95 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N7381FBoeing 737-2H4
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
FAA report
19830323016369I
Case key
15780

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

In flight collision with terrain/waterLanding - flare/touchdown
Wheels up landing - inadvertentPilot in commandCause
Diverted attentionPilot in commandFactor
Diverted attentionCopilot/second pilotFactor

Analysis

Acft touched down with all landing gear retracted. The gear handle was found in the neutral position. The first officer was distracted by an inop aps and both the captain and the first officer were distracted by a GPWS aural warning on final apch.

Aircraft

Registration
N7381F
Reported as
Boeing 737-2H4
Category
Airplane
Serial number
20369
Airframe hours
33,698
Engine
P&W JT8D-9A, turbo jet
Damage
Minor damage
Fire
On-Ground
Flight
Part 121
Operator
Frontier Airlines, Inc., doing business as Frontier Airlines, Inc.
Registered owner
Frontier Airlines, Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
STP · Denver, CO
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
CPR · Casper, runway 21, 10,600 × 150 ft, asphalt

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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
47
Certificate
Airline transport
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
14,401 total · 4,401 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
70° at 6 knots
Visibility
50 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
41 °F, dew point 28 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
CPR

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Other investigations on N7381F · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.