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1999

AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SAFETY

(106–37)

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

OVERSIGHT, INVESTIGATIONS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

SEPTEMBER 15, 1999

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman

DON YOUNG, Alaska
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
STEPHEN HORN, California
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BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
JOHN L. MICA, Florida
JACK QUINN, New York
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
SUE W. KELLY, New York
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
JACK METCALF, Washington
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
MERRILL COOK, Utah
JOHN COOKSEY, Lousiana
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
JERRY MORAN, Kansas
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
LEE TERRY, Nebraska
DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
GARY G. MILLER, California
JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
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JIM DeMINT, South Carolina
DOUG BEREUTER, Nebraska
STEVEN T. KUYKENDALL, California
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia
DAVID VITTER, Louisiana

JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
PAT DANNER, Missouri
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
BOB FILNER, California
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
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GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
MAX SANDLIN, Texas
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
NICK LAMPSON, Texas
JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
RONNIE SHOWS, Mississippi
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada

Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management

TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida Chairman
LEE TERRY, Nebraska,Vice Chairman
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE California
JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
  (Ex Officio)
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JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio
JERROLD NADLER, New York
SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
  (Ex Officio)

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CONTENTS
TESTIMONY
    Armin M. Bruning, Ph.D., President, Lectromechanical Design Co.

    Healing, Richard, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Director, Navy Safety and Survivability, and Founder, Aircraft Wire and Inert Gas Generator Working Group (AWIGG)

    Loeb, Dr. Bernard, Director, Office of Aviation Safety, National Transportation Safety Board, accompanied by John DeLisi, Deputy Chief, Aviation Engineering Division, Office of Aviation Safety, National Transportation Safety Board

    McCarthy, Capt. Paul, Executive, Air Safety Chairman, Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA)
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    McSweeny, Thomas, Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, Federal Aviation Administration, accompanied by Elizabeth Erikson, Director, Office of Aircraft Certification Service

    Roberson, Michael, on behalf of John E. Berlin, President, Tensolite, Co.

PREPARED STATEMENT SUBMITTED BY A MEMBER OF CONGRESS

    Traficant, Hon. James A, Jr., of Ohio

PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES

    Berlin, John E. (presented by Michael Roberson)

    Bruning, Armin M

    Healing, Richard

    Loeb, Dr. Bernard

    McCarthy, Capt. Paul

    McSweeny, Thomas

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SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

    Berlin, John E., President, Tensolite, Co:

Test Data excerpts from 'New Insulation Constructions for Aerospace Wiring Applications'
Aerospace Electrical Interconnect System Conference, 1995 Conference Proceedings, October 11, 1995
Thermal Index Testing of Tensolite Tufflite Hybrid Wire
    McSweeny, Thomas, Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, Federal Aviation Administration, responses to questions

ADDITION TO THE RECORD

    Nancarrow, Michael J., Director, Airplane Safety and Aging Systems, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group

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