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AD/BEECH 36/5 - Fuel System Placards

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This directive requires owners/operators of Beechcraft Model 36 airplanes (serials E‑1–E‑184) without anti‑slosh main tanks to install, in clear view of the pilot, a specific placard prohibiting certain turning take‑offs and prolonged slips with low fuel, and to remove an older conflicting placard.

Owners may install and self‑certify the placard (minimum 1/8" letters); compliance is required within 100 hours TIS after 29 April 1970.

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AD/BEECH 36/5 - Fuel System Placards

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (Civil Aviation Regulations 1998), PART 39 - 105 CIVIL AVIATION SAFETY AUTHORITY

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Beechcraft 36 (Bonanza) Series Aeroplanes

AD/BEECH 36/5 Fuel System Placards 4/70

Applicability: Model 36 with S/Nos. E-1 thru E-184 unless retrofitted with anti-slosh main fuel tanks.

Requirement: 1. A placard reading “Turning Type Take-Offs, and Take-off Immediately Following Fast Taxi Turns Prohibited. Avoid Prolonged Slips (20 Seconds or More) with Fuel Tanks Less Than Half Full” is to be placed on the instrument panel in clear view of the pilot.

Note: The owner or operator may make and certify for the installation of the above placard. Letters of one eighth inch minimum shall be used.

Where fitted remove the placard “CAUTION - To Prevent Fuel Flow Interruption Due to Gravity or Centrifugal Force, Select the High-Wing Tank in Slips and Inside Tank During Turning Take-offs”.

Note: FAA AD 70-3-5 refers.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 29 April 1970.

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