| Date: | Wednesday 4 August 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 727-46 |
| Owner/operator: | SAM Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-2421X |
| MSN: | 18875/202 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | OT |
| Location: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The no. 3 engine caught fire during maintenance work. The fire started when the FCU was disconnected and may have resulted from residual fuel leaking out and being ignited by one of the portable work lamps.
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Location
Images:
photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH); August 1991
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