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Date
October 4, 2002 · 17:00 local
Place
Watertown, SD
Airport
Watertown Municipal
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N36989
Reported as
Cessna 414A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) After parking the aircraft after a flight, maintenance discovered that the heater had a fire and had burned the electrical connections on the heater. Further investigation by the maintenance personnel discovered a pin hole in the fuel line near the heater. Maintenance replaced the line and the heater.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AFTER PARKING THE AIRCRAFT AFTER A FLIGHT, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE HEATER HAD A FIRE AND HAD BURNED THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ON THE HEATER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A PIN HOLE IN THE FUEL LINE NEAR THE HEATER. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LINE AND THE HEATER.