# Accident 20150917020519A: Mcdonnell Douglas A4N, Mesa, AZ, September 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2015, 12:43 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4223° N, 111.8226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesa, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4223&lon=-111.8226&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-FGZT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS A4N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,200 total, 3,010 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150917020519A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/17/2015 AT 1243 HRS LOCAL, AIRCRAFT C-FGCT A-4 AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A FINAL FULL STOP LANDING AFTER 3 UNEVENTFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ALL 3 LANDING GEAR FULLY RETRACTED AND LANDING GEAR DOORS UP AND FLUSH AS VERIFIED BY EYE WITNESS. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE CENTER EXTERNAL TANK UNTIL COMING TO A STOP. ONCE STOPPED THE LEFT WING EXTERNAL FUEL TANK RUPTURED CAUSING A FIRE WHICH ENGULFED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY WITH NO INJURY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE FIRE RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## 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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