---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 27.1365"
title: "14"
number: "27.1365"
heading: "Electric cables."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/27.1365"
---

# §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](/cfr/14/part25.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 5074, 29 FR 15695, Nov. 24, 1964, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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