Date: | Wednesday 24 November 1993 |
Time: | 17:52 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-87 (MD-87) |
Owner/operator: | Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS |
Registration: | SE-DIB |
MSN: | 49605/1501 |
Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
Total airframe hrs: | 12519 hours |
Cycles: | 8404 flights |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 85 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kobenhavn-Kastrup Airport (CPH) -
Denmark
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS) |
Destination airport: | København-Kastrup Airport (CPH/EKCH) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:When taxiing to the gate a smell of electrical smoke was detected by a flight attendant. Smoke continued to develop and the plane was evacuated at the gate. A fire subsequently substantially damaged the fuselage skin and destroyed the aft interior of the plane. The investigation found the origin of the fire in two electrical wires that provided 115-volt alternating current (AC) to a utility plug in the right stowage closet, and 28-volt AC to lights in the stowage closet and the emergency drawer at the bottom of the closet, respectively. The wires (L1156AM18 and M504D16) were found to have a slack of about 10 centimeters to 15 centimeters for a distance of about 45 centimeters to 55 centimeters between supports and became pinched between the inboard-facing flange of [an intercostal] and the recirculation fan duct because of a lack of provision for clamping or other means to secure the wires.
Sources:
AAIB Denmark report 2/96
FSF Accident Prevention Vol. 53, No.12 (Dec. 1996)
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