# AD 67-18-02: Electrical Connectors

- 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: June 26, 1967
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Amendment: 39-424
- Registered aircraft: 6 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/615C4C53F1EE370F8625682E00617CA7.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/67-18-02

## The airworthiness directive

67-18-02 BOEING: Amdt. No. 39-424, Part 39, Federal Register May 27, 1967. Applies to Boeing Model 707 and 720 Series airplanes.

Compliance required as indicated.

To prevent fires in the water and electrical galley supply boxes due to water seepage, accomplish the following:

  (a) Within the next 300 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD and thereafter, within periods not to exceed 300 hours' time in service from the last inspection, visually inspect each water and electrical galley supply box for water entrapment at the electrical connectors located therein.

  (b) If water is found trapped at an electrical connector, water traps, including but not limited to tubing, clamps, bushings or boots, must be removed or modified in accordance with a method approved by an FAA Air Carrier Maintenance Inspector.

  (c) Within the next 3,000 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished, modify the water and electrical galley supply box in accordance with the "Accomplishment Instructions" of Boeing Service Bulletin 2428 or FAA-approved revision, or in accordance with a method approved by the Chief, Aircraft Engineering Division, FAA, Western Region.

  (d) The inspections required by paragraph (a) may be discontinued when the modification required by paragraph (c) is accomplished.

  (e) Upon request of the operator, an FAA Air Carrier Maintenance Inspector, subject to prior approval of the Regional Director, FAA, Western Region, may adjust the repetitive inspection intervals specified in this AD to permit compliance at an established inspection period of the operator if the request contains substantiating data to justify the increase for that operator.

This directive effective June 26, 1967.

## 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/67-18-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/67-18-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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