# NTSB Accident DCA12FA069
> **AIRBUS A319-112** · 2012-05-10 · Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DCA12FA069
- **Event ID:** 20120511X73555
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-05-10
- **Location:** Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 26.074161, -80.150914
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 143
- **Total aboard:** 144
## Aircraft
- **Make:** AIRBUS
- **Model:** A319-112
- **Registration:** N951FR
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

an inadvertent encounter with convectively induced turbulence developing upwards into the flight path, which was not detected on weather radar as configured by the crew.  Contributing to the delay in emergency medical personnel notification was the incomplete coordination of paramedic response by air traffic control and ineffective communications monitoring by Frontier Airlines.

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