US Airways A319 near Denver on Apr 14th 2012, severe turbulence injures 4
Last Update: March 10, 2018 / 16:37:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 14, 2012
Airline
US Airways
Flight number
US-496
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
Denver, United States
Aircraft Registration
N808AW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The airline reported the aircraft encountered extreme turbulence. While one flight attendant remains in hospital care (standing Tuesday Apr 17th), the other flight attendant and both passengers were released from hospital on Monday (Apr 16th).
The NTSB opened an investigation.
On Nov 14th 2013 (19 months after the occurrence) the NTSB released a brief preliminary report stating the aircraft encountered severe mountain wave activity at FL320 near Buena Vista,CO. Two flight attendants received serious, one passenger minor injuries.
On Mar 10th 2018 (!) the NTSB released their very brief final report concluding the probable cause of the accident was:
an inadvertent encounter with mountain wave turbulence
Metars:
KDEN 150653Z 32009KT 1 1/2SM -RA BR BKN002 BKN013 OVC039 04/02 A2954
KDEN 150641Z 32009KT 1 1/2SM -RA BR BKN004 BKN025 03/02 A2954 RMK AO2 SNE31 P0002
KDEN 150636Z 31012KT 2SM -RA BR FEW006 SCT016 OVC040 04/02 A2954 RMK AO2 SNE31 P0002
KDEN 150622Z 33007KT 7SM -SNRA BR FEW006 SCT025 OVC038 03/02 A2954 RMK AO2 P0002
KDEN 150605Z 33010KT 2 1/2SM -SNRA BKN008 OVC018 03/01 A2954 RMK AO2 VIS NW-NE 1 P0002
KDEN 150556Z 35013KT 1 1/2SM -RASN BKN008 OVC018 03/02 A2955 RMK AO2 VIS NW-NE 1 P0001
KDEN 150553Z 34014KT 1 1/2SM -RASN SCT008 OVC018 03/02 A2955 RMK AO2 SNB41 SLP970 VIS NW-NE 1 P0007 60017 T00330017 10106 20033 56007
KDEN 150542Z 33014KT 2 1/2SM -RASN FEW008 BKN020 OVC027 04/03 A2955 RMK AO2 SNB41 P0003
KDEN 150453Z 31011KT 8SM -RA FEW009 SCT015 OVC025 04/02 A2956 RMK AO2 SLP976 P0005 T00390017
KDEN 150450Z 32010KT 9SM -RA FEW009 SCT015 OVC025 04/02 A2956 RMK AO2 P0005
KDEN 150435Z 34012KT 7SM -RA SCT014 OVC023 04/02 A2957 RMK AO2 P0003
KDEN 150424Z 35014KT 7SM -RA BKN014 OVC025 04/02 A2957 RMK AO2 P0002
KDEN 150411Z 34009KT 8SM -RA BKN016 OVC031 05/02 A2957 RMK AO2 P0001
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 14, 2012
Airline
US Airways
Flight number
US-496
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
Denver, United States
Aircraft Registration
N808AW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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