UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

September 22, 2003
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)

DECRANE AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-22371	34-1645569
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2361 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 180, El Segundo, CA 90245

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(310) 725-9123

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former address and telephone number of principal executive offices, if changed since last report)

Item 9.Regulation FD Disclosure.

As previously disclosed in our Exchange Act reports, as part of its investigation of the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off the Canadian coast on September 2, 1998, the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (the “CTSB”) initially notified us that it recovered burned wire that was attached to the in-flight entertainment system installed on some of Swissair’s aircraft by one of our subsidiaries.  Our subsidiary has worked vigorously over the last five years with the CTSB investigators in the fact-finding investigation of this catastrophic incident.  On March 27, 2003, the CTSB released its final report on its investigation.  This report indicated that the CTSB was unable to conclusively determine the cause of the fire which led to the crash of the aircraft.

We were a defendant in most, but not all, of the actions brought by the estates of the 229 victims of the crash.  The actions, which sought damages and costs in unstated amounts, claimed negligence, strict liability, and breach of warranty.  Virtually all of the cases have been settled by Boeing and Swissair’s insurers and both assignment of the claims against, and releases in favor, of us have been obtained by the Boeing and Swissair insurers.

On September 22, 2003, the Company and its insurers entered into an agreement with Boeing, Swissair and each of their respective insurers, in which the Company received a release from those parties and an indemnification by Boeing and Swissair’s insurers against claims asserted on behalf of passengers for compensatory damage and by others for contribution and/or indemnity claims.  Company management believes the agreement adequately protects the Company from all existing litigation pending against the Company arising from this catastrophic incident.  Punitive damages are not subject to the indemnity; however, while some of the passenger actions originally asserted punitive damages, by virtue of a court order, claims for punitive damages may not be prosecuted.

The aforementioned agreement did not result in the Company incurring a loss and, accordingly, no charge to operations was required.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		DECRANE AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS, INC.
		(Registrant)
Date:  September 24, 2003	By:	/s/ R. JACK DECRANE
		Name:	R. Jack DeCrane
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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