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AD/BEECH 55/67 Amdt 1 - Fuselage Seat Attachment Brackets

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This airworthiness directive requires operators of specified Beechcraft 58P and 58PA aeroplanes (listed serial numbers) to install a pilot‑visible placard forbidding occupancy of seats 5 and 6 during takeoff and landing, and to carry out a structural modification per Beechcraft Service Bulletin No. 2022. The placard must be fitted within 25 hours’ time‑in‑service and the modification within 100 hours or at the next scheduled inspection; owners/operators bear the cost and temporarily lose those seats until modification is complete.

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AD/BEECH 55/67 Amdt 1 - Fuselage Seat Attachment Brackets

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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Beechcraft 55, 58 and 95-55 (Baron) Series Aeroplanes

AD/BEECH 55/67

Amdt 1

Fuselage Seat Attachment Brackets 8/85 TX

Applicability: All models 58P and 58PA with S/Nos TJ-3 to TJ-435 and TJ-437 to TJ-443.

Requirement: 1. Fabricate and install in full view of the pilot a temporary placard using letters of minimum 3mm in height which states:

“DO NOT OCCUPY SEATS 5 OR 6 DURING TAKEOFF OR LANDING”

Modify in accordance with Beechcraft SB No. 2022.

Note: FAA AD 85-11-04 refers.

Compliance: 1. Within 25 hours’ time in service after 1 July 1985.

Within 100 hours’ time in service after 1 July 1985 or at the next scheduled inspection for Maintenance Release issue after 1 July 1985, whichever is the later.

Background: The initial issue was to improve impact capability of the 5th and 6th seat attachment for passenger protection. Amdt 1 requires placarding to prohibit the use of seats 5 and 6 during take-off and landing until modified.

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