AD 98-07-08

Applies to

All Model 1125 Westwind Astra and Astra SPX series airplanes, certificated in any category.

The FAA's summary

This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all IAI, Ltd., Model 1125 Westwind Astra and Astra SPX series airplanes. This action requires disabling of the baggage compartment electrical heating blankets. This amendment is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified in this AD are intended to prevent overheating of the electrical heating blankets, and consequent increased risk of fire in the baggage compartment.

Filed under

The aircraft, engines and makers this AD names, by the model designations in its text. A model listed here may still be outside the AD's serial ranges.

Official sources

• The Federal Register document · document 98-8224, the legal text
• FAA Dynamic Regulatory System (DRS) · search 98-07-08 for its current status and any corrections