Airworthiness Directive · Amendment 39-10539 · de Havilland Model DHC-8-301, -311, - 314, and -315 Series Airplanes
de Havilland Model DHC-8-301, -311, - 314, and -315 Series Airplanes
Model DHC-8-301, -311, -314, and -315 series airplanes; serial numbers 100, and 202 through 433 inclusive; excluding serial numbers 271 and 408; certificated in any category.
This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-8-301, -311, -314, and - 315 series airplanes, that requires installation of additional wiring and new electrical connectors for the lights in the forward end of the passenger overhead compartments. This amendment is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified by this AD are intended to prevent severe overheating of the electrical connectors for the lights in the forward end of the passenger overhead compartments, which could result in smoke and fire in the passenger cabin.
