# Incident 20021004029179I: Cessna 414A, Watertown, SD, October 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2002, 17:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, SD
- Airport: Watertown Municipal
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9140° N, 97.1547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERTOWN RGNL (ATY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9140&lon=-97.1547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36989 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021004029179I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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