# Accident 20181225021959A: Campbell Keith RV-6, Watkins, CO, December 25, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2018, 09:47 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Front Range
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7842° N, 104.5376° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7842&lon=-104.5376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711KJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711KJ-2021-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Campbell Keith RV-6 (registry code 05620XL, https://openairdocs.org/model/campbell-keith-rv-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CAMPBELL KEITH RV-6
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,350 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181225021959A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 25, 2018 AT 0948 MST, N711KJ, A 1993 CAMPBELL KEITH, MODEL RV-6 ENCOUNTERED AN IN-FLIGHT FIRE NEAR PILOTS RUDDER PEDALS WHILE ON CLIMB OUT FROM  FRONT RANGE AIRPORT (KFTG). THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE WEATHER WAS VMC.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN19LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA048), Dec 25, 2018: Vans RV 6 (N711KJ), Watkins, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to apply adequate torque to a fuel line during recent maintenance, which allowed the line to loosen in flight and fuel to enter the hot engine compartment and resulted in an…

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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