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NTSB Investigating Spirit Airlines A321 Accident at Las Vegas

An accident record lists two people aboard, one seriously injured and one with minor injuries, in the September 30 event; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 9:45 a.m. ET
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an accident involving a Spirit Airlines at Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 30, 2025, at about 11:17 p.m. local time, according to the accident record. The investigation is open and this account is developing. The accident record lists the operator as , the aircraft as an registered , and the flight as a Part 121 scheduled air carrier operation. It records people on board, one seriously injured and one with minor injuries. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records list as an Airbus A321-231, a twin-engine jet landplane with IAE V2533-A5 engines, serial number 7106, built in 2016 and nine years old at the time of the accident. The registry lists the registered owner as Spirit Airlines Inc; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. A weather observation recorded at North Las Vegas Airport, 3.8 miles away and 24 minutes from the reported time, showed wind from 170 degrees at 6 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and 76°F. That measurement is not a statement of cause. As a matter of record, the NTSB database — which begins in 2008 — contains seven other cases involving the Airbus A321-231, none of them fatal. The same database lists one prior case for this airframe, DCA18CA055 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 6, 2017, and one other case involving the same operator, DCA25LA239, an Airbus A320 registered N616NK at Nashville, Tennessee, on June 22, 2025. None of that history bears on the cause of this accident. Spirit Airlines is a United States scheduled passenger airline headquartered at its "Spirit Central" campus in Dania Beach, Florida, and has operated a crew and maintenance base at the Las Vegas airport since February 2012, according to company announcements and regional press. Company filings list Dave Davis as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 21, 2025. The investigation has made no finding connecting any company officer to this accident. No holders of the filed FAA management posts could be established from available sources.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N670NK
Type
Airbus A321-231 — twin-engine jet landplane
Engines
IAE V2533-A5
Built
2016-01-01 (9 years old)
Registered owner
Spirit Airlines IncThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
2,034 ft
Nearest aerodrome
3.8 miles SE of North Las Vegas Airport (KVGT/VGT)

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Revision history

  1. Version 37 Aug 2026, 13:45current

    No new facts; added headline and standfirst and cited the owner-background source URLs.

  2. Version 25 Aug 2026, 20:37

    Removed the geographic reference paragraph on Las Vegas's location and elevation as non-informative; wording otherwise unchanged.

  3. Version 15 Aug 2026, 20:33

    First published.

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