# NTSB Accident CEN17FA045
> **CESSNA 340** · 2016-12-01 · Fargo, ND, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN17FA045
- **Event ID:** 20161201X92343
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2016-12-01
- **Location:** Fargo, ND, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.920555, -96.815834
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 340
- **Registration:** N123KK
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The loose fuel fitting on the combustion heater that leaked a lean fuel-air mixture into the nose baggage compartment. The mixture was most likely ignited by the combustion heater, blowing off the nose baggage compartment doors and starting an in-flight fire.

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