# Accident 20010905025019A: Denver, CO, September 5, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2001, 17:10 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Denver International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: BRAF
- Location: 39.8617° N, 104.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENVER INTL (DEN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8617&lon=-104.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: GVIIK (not matched to a registry record)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010905025019A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) A B-777 PARKED AT GATE A-37 WAS ON FIRE. FLAMES ENGULFED THE LEFT WING AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FUEL TRUCK WAS ON FIRE, THE FUELER WAS BADLY BURNED. THE SINGLE POINT FUEL NOZZLE HAD CAME LOOSE FROM THE INBOARD FUEL ADAPTER. THE FUEL HOSE AND SINGLE POINT WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK AND THE FUELING COMPONENTS ON THE TRUCK. THE SINGLE-POINT NOZZLE PLUNGER WAS JAMMED IN THE OPEN POSITION. EXAMINATION OF THE NOZZLE REVEALED ALL THREE EARS FROM THE WING FUELING ADAPTER WERE IN THE NOZZLE CAUSING IT TO REMAIN OPEN AND DISPERSE FUEL ONTO THE FUELER, FUEL TRUCK, AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE FUEL TRUCK'S ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME. WITNESSES STATED THEY SAW FLAMES START AT THE TRUCK. EXAMINATION OF THE WING FUEL ADAPTER REVEALED THE THREE TABS MISSING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED LEFT COWLING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE, A NUMBER OF WING PANELS AND THE LEFT ENGINE PYLON AND WING WERE SCORCHED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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