Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV crash, Nov 12, 1982, Copenha...
Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV accident on November 12, 1982 near Copenhagen-Kastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark with no fatalities. Cause: Electrical short to...
- Date: November 12, 1982
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226AT Merlin IV
- Location: Copenhagen-Kastrup, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Electrical short to ground in the aft left cockpit side console started a fire, made worse by oxygen escaping from a melted PVC tube.
A Danair Merlin IV on a scheduled flight from Stauning suffered a flash fire in the left cockpit console after landing at Copenhagen Kastrup. All 15 occupants evacuated unhurt but the aircraft was written off. The investigation found an electrical short and escaping oxygen as the cause of the intense fire.