AC 120-80, ADVISORY CIRCULAR: IN-FLIGHT FIRES (08-JAN-2008)

AC 120-80, ADVISORY CIRCULAR: IN-FLIGHT FIRES (08-JAN-2008)., The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted a review of commercial aviation accidents involving in-flight fires. The scope of the review was limited to transport category airplanes operated by U.S. and foreign air carriers during the period 1983 to 2000. That review prompted the NTSB to issue a number of safety recommendations to the FAA, including A-01-83 through A-01-87 (see Appendix 1). The NTSB recommended that an Advisory Circular (AC) be developed and issued by the FAA to address a number of issues linked to in-flight fires. The FAA agrees with the safety intent of those recommendations and has developed the guidance material that follows.