# Proposed AD FAA-2016-8850: The Boeing Company Airplanes

- Type: Proposed airworthiness directive (not in force)
- Status: Became AD 2016-25-29
- Products: Boeing
- Product type: Aircraft
- Action: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
- Published: August 30, 2016, 81 FR 59549
- Comments due: October 14, 2016
- Became: [AD 2016-25-29](https://openairdocs.org/ad/2016-25-29)
- Docket: FAA-2016-8850 (https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2016-8850, where comments are filed)
- Project: 2016-NM-031-AD
- FR document: 2016-20676
- Official PDF: https://openairdocs.org/files/sha256/52/88/5288ac31314ef12564163a83d7edf4fc4f80d905390fbdda1f0d88798b88336f (from https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-08-30/pdf/2016-20676.pdf)
- Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/30/2016-20676/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/1CC364CFF69032EA8625801F0053D442.0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/proposed/FAA-2016-8850

## Summary

We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 767-200 and -300 series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of a fire in the bilge area of the cargo compartment that burned through the insulation blankets that were intended to prevent smoke from migrating behind the cargo compartment sidewall liners and upward into the main cabin. This proposed AD would require replacing the cargo compartment insulation blankets on the left and right sides with new insulation blankets that incorporate fire stops. We are proposing this AD to prevent a fire in the bilge area of the cargo compartment burning through the insulation blankets and consequently allowing smoke to migrate behind the cargo compartment sidewall liners and upward into the main cabin.

## Notices in this docket

- Aug 30, 2016: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). (first notice), FR document 2016-20676, comments due Oct 14, 2016 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/08/30/2016-20676/airworthiness-directives-the-boeing-company-airplanes)

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