# NTSB Accident LAX01FA160
> **Bellanca 14-19** · 2001-05-01 · Casa Grande, AZ, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX01FA160
- **Event ID:** 20010518X00957
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-05-01
- **Location:** Casa Grande, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.954723, -111.766944
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bellanca
- **Model:** 14-19
- **Registration:** N521A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A fuel leak on the cabin and engine sides of the firewall with a probable origin at the firewall pass-through fitting for the fuel pressure gage line.  The fire likely began on the engine side of the firewall near the bottom with the explosive ignition of the pooled fuel/vapors in the cockpit after burn through penetration of the fuselage fabric skin on the bottom aft side of the firewall.  Further refinement of the leak source between the pass-through fitting and the lines/connectors could not be established due to thermal destruction of the components.

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