This document has been declared NONCURRENT. It is recommended, therefore, that this document not be specified for new designs. NONCURRENT refers to those documents which have previously been widely referenced and may continue to be required on some existing designs.

This Aerospace Standard establishes the essential minimum safe performance standards for cargo compartment fire detector instruments primarily for use with turbine powered subsonic transport aircraft, the operation of which may subject the instruments to the environmental conditions specified in Section 3.3. This Aerospace Standard covers three basic types of cargo compartment fire detector instruments.