# Proposed AD 97-NM-330-AD: de Havilland Model DHC-8-301, -311, - 314, and -315 Series Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 98-11-12
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: March 23, 1998, 63 FR 13800
- Comments due: April 22, 1998
- Became: [AD 98-11-12](https://openairdocs.org/ad/98-11-12)
- Docket: 97-NM-330-AD
- FR document: 98-7225
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/55/ab/55ab828a3f130d54929b8695067d2109a9b0b5c76b10a04734ab83be66f056a0 (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1998-03-23/pdf/98-7225.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/23/98-7225/airworthiness-directives-de-havilland-model-dhc-8-301--311---314-and--315-series-airplanes
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/97-NM-330-AD

## Summary

This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to certain de Havilland Model DHC-8- 301, -311, -314, and -315 series airplanes. This proposal would require installation of additional wiring and new electrical connectors for the lights in the forward end of the passenger overhead compartments. This proposal is prompted by issuance of mandatory continuing airworthiness information by a foreign civil airworthiness authority. The actions specified by the proposed AD are intended to prevent severe overheating of the electrical connectors for hte lights in the forward end of the passenger overhead compartments, which could result in smoke and fire in the passenger cabin.

## Notices in this docket

- Mar 23, 1998: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 98-7225, comments due Apr 22, 1998 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/03/23/98-7225/airworthiness-directives-de-havilland-model-dhc-8-301--311---314-and--315-series-airplanes)

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