# NTSB DCA11WA031: Boeing 747, Frankfurt, Germany, November 9, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 9, 2010, 00:00 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place: Frankfurt, Germany
- Location: 50.0267° N, 8.5584° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Frankfurt Main Airport (EDDF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.0267&lon=8.5584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78548
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78548/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA031

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On November 9, 2010, a Boeing 747-400, German registration D-ABVT, operated by Lufthansa, experienced a fire in the APU compartment. There were no injuries, and minor damage to the airplane. This incident is being investigated by the BFU of Germany. www.bfu-web.de

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-ABVT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 747 (400)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Deutsche Lufthansa
- Registered owner: Deutsche Lufthansa
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: EDDF, Frankfurt
- Destination: Tel Aviv
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: EDDF, Frankfurt

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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