Safety Recommendation
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that the Civil
Aviation Safety Authority review the adequacy of requirements
covering protection of the engine fire detector loom wires in
Boeing 767 engine compartments.
Safety Recommendation
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau recommends that the Civil
Aviation Safety Authority review the adequacy of requirements
covering protection of the engine fire detector loom wires in
Boeing 767 engine compartments.
The Authority notes that Recommendations R20020051, addressed to
the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and
Recommendation R20020052, addressed to the Joint Aviation Authority
(JAA), are expressed in essentially the same terms as
Recommendation R20020053 to CASA.
As the responsible certifying authority in this instance is the
FAA, CASA's view is that the FAA's response to R20020051 should
adequately and appropriately address the issues of concern to the
Bureau. No further action is therefore proposed at this time in
regard to this fire protection loom.
The Authority would appreciate receiving copies of the FAA and JAA
responses as they become available.
The FAA response was forwarded to CASA on 24 June 2003.
I refer to the letter of 24 June 2003 in which a copy of the
United States Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) response to
the Bureau's Recommendation 20020051 was forwarded to the
Authority.
The Authority notes the response by the FAA in which it concluded
that 'amendment of the regulation affecting fire detector systems
is not appropriate'. The Authority has no further comment.