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
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.

AAIB Denmark report 2/96
FSF Accident Prevention Vol. 53, No.12 (Dec. 1996)

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