Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2006B09447:body:0:p2
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Mark I interior

    Boeing Model 727 series aeroplanes retrofitted with Heath Tecna Spacemaker II or Spacemaker IIa interior

    Boeing Model 737 series aeroplanes retrofitted with Heath Tecna Spacemaker II or Spacemaker IIa interior

3.    No Day-Ray fluorescent light ballast having a part number listed in the Applicability Statement of this Directive may be installed in the upper or lower cabin sidewall of any aeroplane.

           Note: FAA AD 99-04-10 Amdt 39-11034 refers.

 Compliance: 1. Prior to 1 April 2000.

2.    Prior to further flight after the Requirement 1 inspection.

3.    As of the effective date of this Directive.

           This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 22 April 1999.

           Background:  The Federal Aviation Administration has received reports of smoke, fumes and/or electrical fire emitting from passenger compartment baggage bins. Investigation revealed that the incidents were due to the failure of the fluorescent light ballasts.

           This Directive is intended to prevent fire in the passenger compartment resulting from failure of the fluorescent light ballasts in the cabin sidewalls.