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| Date: | Wednesday 22 August 1973 |
| Time: | 05:55 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-214 |
| Owner/operator: | Frontier Airlines |
| Registration: | N7381F |
| MSN: | 20369/267 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North of Rapid City, SD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Minot International Airport (KMOT) - Minot, ND |
| Tucson International Airport (KTUS) - Tucson, AZ | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Unwanted sudden yaw damper and induced rudder input, due to electrical interference and a defective coil in the flight controls. One flight crew member suffered serious injuries. The flight controls had malfunctioned in a similar manner near Missoula, Montana six days earlier.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/brief.aspx?ev_id=86124&key=0
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 March 1983 | N7381F | Frontier Airlines | 0 | Casper, WY | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2025 05:54 | somedudesd | Added |
| 20-Jul-2025 05:54 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
| 20-Jul-2025 05:55 | ASN | Updated [Cn, ] |
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