Accident · 2019-09-06
What the record says
- Event date
- 2019-09-06
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Airbus A319 (N515NK)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- SPIRIT AIRLINES, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- SPIRIT AIRLINES INC
Probable cause
an encounter with convectively induced turbulence associated with towering cumulus clouds during descent.
Source: NTSB case DCA19CA213Flight crew
No flight-crew details recorded in the NTSB accident database for this event.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.