14 CFR § 27.1365 - Electric cables.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s27.1365"
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title: "14 CFR § 27.1365 - Electric cables."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "27.1365"
section_name: "Electric cables."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIRCRAFT"
part_number: "27"
part_name: "AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: NORMAL CATEGORY ROTORCRAFT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704."
regulatory_source: "Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted."
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# 27.1365 Electric cables.

(a) Each electric connecting cable must be of adequate capacity.

(b) Each cable that would overheat in the event of circuit overload or fault must be at least flame resistant and may not emit dangerous quantities of toxic fumes.

(c) Insulation on electrical wire and cable installed in the rotorcraft must be self-extinguishing when tested in accordance with appendix F, part I(a)(3), of part 25 of this chapter.

[Doc. No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 27-35, 63 FR 43285, Aug. 12, 1998]