# NTSB DCA83AA021: Boeing 737-2H4, N7381F, Casper, WY, March 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1983, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Casper, WY
- Coordinates: 42.859962, -106.770301 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8600&lon=-106.7703&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 95 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA83AA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15780/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA021

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - diverted attention, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7381F-2013-05-07), registration cancelled 2013-05-07, S/N 20369, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-2H4
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-2H4](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-2h4) (registry code 138448C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (registry code 52048, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20369
- Airframe hours: 33698
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830323016369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830323016369I), Mar 23, 1983: Boeing 7372H4, Casper, WY, Minor damage. Pilot landed with gear up. Crash personnel extinguished fire under both wings. One passenger hurt on evacuation.

## Other investigations on N7381F (2)

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.

- [NTSB DEN74AD009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD009), Aug 22, 1973: Boeing 737 (N7381F), Rapid City, SD, no damage
- [NTSB SEA74AS006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS006), Aug 16, 1973: Boeing 737 (N7381F), Missoula, MT, no damage

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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