aviation accident: Cessna 172N near EL MONTE (1999-02-20)
type: Event
start date: 1999-02-20
location: EL MONTE, CA, USA
  type: Place
  geo: GeoCoordinates
    latitude: 34.079895
    longitude: -118.029273
description: Probable cause: An in-flight fuel fire in the left forward doorpost due to an electrical arc from an adjacent map light switch puncturing a main fuel feed line. The manufacturer's inadequate design in routing the fuel line in close proximity to electrical arc sources in the doorpost is causal. A factor in the accident is the probable failure of the doorpost internal component configuration to conform to original design specifications due to aircraft aging issues.
injured count: 1
citation: DigitalDocument
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
source organization: US National Transportation Safety Board
publisher: AI Analytics

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property ID: NTSB Case Number
value: LAX99FA106

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