# AD 66-30-02: Fuel Lines

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Boeing 727-100 Series, 727-100C Series, 727-200 Series, 727-200F Series, 727 Series and 727C Series
- Effective: January 12, 1967
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Amendment: 39-316
- Registered aircraft: 25 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/B4C15E07D9438B2D8625682E005BD078.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/66-30-02

## The airworthiness directive

66-30-02 BOEING: Amdt. 39-316 Part 39 Federal Register December 13, 1966. Applies to Model 727 Series Airplanes.

Compliance required as indicated, unless already accomplished.

To minimize fuselage fire hazards resulting from fuel line ruptures during excessively hard landings involving structural damage, accomplish the following;

  (a) Within the next 1,500 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, remove aluminum fuel lines, P/N 69-16668-1, in the fuselage (three places) located between Body Stations 887 and 1183, and replace with flexible fuel lines, P/N 10-60536-2, in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin No. 28-26, dated April 27, 1966, or later FAA-approved revision or an equivalent approved by the Chief, Aircraft Engineering Division, FAA Western Region.

  (b) Within the next 7,000 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, reroute the generator electrical leads (three places) and encase in teflon tubing between Fuselage Stations 850 and 1183 in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin No. 24-30, revised May 18, 1966, or later FAA-approved revision, or an equivalent approved by the Chief, Aircraft Engineering Division, FAA Western Region.

This directive effective January 12, 1967.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3WE): The Boeing Company; names 6 of 6 models: 727-100 Series, 727 Series, 727-200 Series, 727-100C Series, 727-200F Series, 727C 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: 25 (25 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Boeing 25

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Boeing 727-223](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223): 9 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-227](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-227): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-200F](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-200f): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-200): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-212](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-212): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-230](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-230): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-243](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-243): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-247](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-264](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-264): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-281](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-281): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Boeing 727-277](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-277): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 13 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/66-30-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/66-30-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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