# Incident 20050708015999I: Wsk M18A, Canyon City, CO, July 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Canyon City, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FDDG
- Aircraft: N6661B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6661B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A (registry code 9810103, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pezetel ASZ-621R-M18 (registry code 49800, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pezetel-asz-621r-m18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK M18A
- Reported engine: WSK ASZ621RM18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050708015999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INFLIGHT ENGINE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY ONE OF THE ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP LINE ATTACHMENT FITTINGS COMING LOOSE AND CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. THE FUEL PUMP LINE ATTACHMENT FITTING, WHICH CAME LOOSE, WAS CAUSED BY THE BOLT SAFETY WIRE HOLE FAILURE, DUE TO ELONGATION/DETERIORATION, ALLOWING THE SAFETY WIRE TO BECOME DISCONNECTED AND ALLOWING THE BOLT TO LOOSEN WHICH ALLOWED FUEL LEAKAGE.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.