# NTSB Accident SEA99FA113
> **Alexander VAN'S RV-8** · 1999-07-10 · LAFAYETTE, OR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA99FA113
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19358
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-07-10
- **Location:** LAFAYETTE, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.240711, -123.110275
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Alexander
- **Model:** VAN'S RV-8
- **Registration:** N41VA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Fatigue of the number two connecting rod end resulting in a fracture at the rod end and release from the crankshaft, an ensuing in-flight fuel fed fire, followed by the pilot's abandoning the aircraft in flight.  A contributing factor was pressure on the pilot induced by the conditions/events (in-flight fire entering the upper cockpit).

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