AD 58-08-03

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CB Fire Extinguisher System

Key Information
58-08-03
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Applicability
["Aircraft"]
["Large Airplane"]
Air Trading Corporation The Boeing Company Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Navy PV-1 DC3-G102 DC3-G102A DC3-G103A DC3-G202A DC3A-S1C3G DC3A-S1CG DC3A-S4C4G DC3A-SC3G DC3A-SCG DC3C-R-1830-90C DC3C-S1C3G DC3C-S4C4G DC3C-SC3G DC3D-R-1830-90C 18
Regulatory Text

58-08-03 DOUGLAS AND LOCKHEED: Applies to All Douglas DC3, Lockheed 18, and PV-1 Aircraft Having Bromochloromethane (CB) Fire Extinguisher Systems. (NOTE: Not Applicable to Systems Which Provide Leakproof Enclosures for the Fire Extinguishing Agent Containers.)\n\n\tCompliance required by October 1, 1958.\n\n\tDue to the toxicity hazard for crew and passengers existing in these airplanes having Bromochloromethane (CB) fire extinguishing system installed, particularly when the fire extinguishing agent containers are installed in the fuselage, one of the following must be accomplished.\n\n\t1.\tThe Bromochloromethane (CB) fire extinguisher agent must be replaced with a quantity of Freon 13B1 (Bromo-tri or CF3Br, equal to 0.8 times the installed weight of Bromochloromethane (CB) and a suitable breathing oxygen supply must be provided for the crew as specified in CAR 4b.651.\n\n\t2.\tThe Bromochloromethane (CB) fire extinguisher agent must be replaced with a quantity of carbon dioxide (CO2)equal to 1.25 times the installed quantity of Bromochloromethane (CB) and a suitable breathing oxygen supply must be provided for the crew as specified in CAR 4b.651.\n\n\t3.\tThe installed Bromochloromethane (CB) system must be shown to comply with the requirements of CAR 4b.371(b) and 4b.484(b)(2).\n\n\tNOTE: This may be accomplished by enclosing the containers with a similar or equivalent system to that shown on AiResearch Drawings C-4900-77B sheets 1 to 3 inclusive.

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