[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38076-38077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-18271]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Proposed Advisory Circular 25.1187-1, Minimization of Flammable
Fluid Fire Hazards (Flammable Fluid Fire Protection)
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Proposed Advisory Circular (AC)
25.1187-1 and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and requests
comments on a proposed advisory circular (AC) which provides a method
of compliance with the requirements of Sec. 25.1187 of the Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR). Section 25.1187 contains the certification
requirements for drainage and ventilation of fire zones for transport
category airplanes. This notice is necessary to give all interested
persons an opportunity to present their views on the proposed AC.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 22, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments on proposed AC to: Federal Aviation
Administration, Attention: Mike Dostert, Airframe and Propulsion
Branch, ANM-112, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW, Renton, WA 98055-4056. Comments may be
inspected at the above address between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jan Thor, Transport Standards Staff, at the address above, telephone
(206) 227-2127.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
A copy of the draft AC may be obtained by contacting the person
named above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Interested persons
are invited to comment on the proposed AC by submitting such written
data, views, or arguments as they may desire. Commenters should
identify AC 25.1187-1 and submit comments, in duplicate, to the address
specified above. All communications received on or before the closing
date for comments will be considered by the Transport Standards Staff
before issuing the final AC.
Discussion
A common cause of airplane fires has been the ignition of leaked
flammable fluids. The primary means of preventing these fires is to
safely drain the fluid away from the airplane, both in flight and on
the ground, and to provide ventilation that results in a lean fuel to
air mixture. The purpose of this AC is to provide guidance in what
factors should be considered in the design of flammable fluid drainage
systems and ventilation systems, and to describe a means of showing
compliance with the sections of the FAR that require these systems.
This AC provides information and guidance concerning a means, but not
the only means, of compliance with the portions of part 25 of the FAR
pertaining to certification requirements for compartments in transport
category airplanes that contain flammable fluid leakage sources.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on July 14, 1995.
James V. Devany,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service, ANM-100.
[FR Doc. 95-18271 Filed 7-24-95; 8:45 am]
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