# AD 64-01-02: Fire Detector Elements

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Boeing 707-100 Long Body, 707-100B Long Body, 707-100B Short Body, 707-200, 707-300 Series, 707-300B Series, 707-300C Series, 707-400 Series, 720 Series and 720B Series
- Effective: February 7, 1964
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Registered aircraft: 6 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/C9B3F03874B16405862569910074E36C.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/64-01-02

## The airworthiness directive

64-01-02 BOEING: Amdt. 668 Part 507 Federal Register January 7, 1964. Applies to All Models 707 and 720 Series Airplanes Listed in Boeing Service Bulletin No. 1788.

Compliance required within 6,000 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished.

Instances of engine burner case burn through have occurred in service resulting in damage to the nacelle and lower strut in which detection of the fire was delayed because there are no fire detector elements in the area on top of the engine. To correct this unsafe condition, the following must be accomplished:

Install additional fire detector elements (continuous or unit type) between the horizontal firewall and the top of the engine in the area between nacelle Stations 160 and 180. This additional detector installation shall be made in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin No. 1788 dated July 11, 1963, or in accordance with an installation approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Western Region.

(Boeing Service Bulletin No. 1788 covers the installation applicable to the various fire detector systems as installed on different groups of airplanes.)

This directive effective February 7, 1964.

## Affected data sheets (3) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 4A21](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A21): The Boeing Company; names 4 of 4 models: 707-100B Short Body, 707-200, 707-100 Long Body, 707-100B Long Body
- [TCDS 4A26](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A26): The Boeing Company; names 4 of 4 models: 707-300B Series, 707-400 Series, 707-300 Series, 707-300C Series
- [TCDS 4A28](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A28): The Boeing Company; names 2 of 2 models: 720B Series, 720 Series

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 6 (6 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Boeing 6

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Boeing 707-338C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-338c): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-368C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-368c): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-321B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-321b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-323B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-323b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 707-351B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-351b): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 5 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/64-01-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/64-01-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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