Airbus A321-211 N701FR accident near Las Vegas, Nevada, October 5, 2024
Airbus A321-211, registration N701FR, operated by Frontier Airlines, was involved in an incident near Las Vegas, Nevada on October 5, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as minor. Case DCA25LA001 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 65 minutes of the flight after departing the San Diego Intl Arpt area (KSAN), reaching a maximum of 29,025 ft. The last recorded position was at 22:10 UTC, at 2,000 ft and 149 knots, descending at 448 feet per minute, about 4 km from Las Vegas/Reid Intl (KLAS).
The nearest weather report, from KLAS (4 km away), showed calm wind, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Airbus A321 211SL registered in United States (Mode S A958D2).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- October 5, 2024
- Location
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Aircraft
- Airbus A321-211
- Registration
- N701FR
- Operator
- Frontier Airlines
- Injuries
- Minor
- NTSB case
- DCA25LA001 (In work)
- Departure area
- San Diego Intl Arpt (KSAN)
- Nearest airport
- Las Vegas/Reid Intl (KLAS)
- Recorded flight
- 65 min, max 29,025 ft
- Last recorded position
- 22:10 UTC, 2,000 ft, 149 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case DCA25LA001; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.