Accident to the Airbus A320 registered N328FR operated by Frontier Airlines on 26/08/2019 near Denver, Colorado [Investigation led by NTSB / United States]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United States authorities:

Turbulence encounter

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General information
Local date	27/08/2019
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	Vers AD Denver
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2019-0518

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United States - Frontier Airlines, Inc. (Denver, Co)
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	N328FR
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	United States of America - KMSP (MSP) [MSP]Minneapolis,Mn/Minneapolis-st Paul Intl/Wold-chamberlain
Planned destination	United States of America - KDEN (DEN) [DEN]Denver,Co/Denver Intl
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	8118
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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