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AD/CESSNA 400/56 - Upper Inner Cabin Door Handle and Locking Mechanism - Inspection

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This mandatory Airworthiness Directive requires owners/operators of certain Cessna twin‑engine aircraft (specific 402B, 404, 414A, and 421C serial‑number ranges) to inspect the upper inner cabin door handle and locking mechanism per Cessna Service Letter No. ME 78‑21 within 100 flight hours after 30 Sept 1978. It prevents accidental in‑flight door opening that could cause rapid decompression, structural damage, or loss of control.

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

SCHEDULE OF AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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AD/CESSNA 400/56 Upper Inner Cabin Door Handle and

Locking Mechanism - Inspection

Applicability: All model 402B with S/Nos. 402B-1301 to 402B-1349.

All model 404 with S/Nos. 404-0201 to 404-0237.

All model 414A with S/Nos. 414A-0001 to 414A-0059. All model 421C with S/Nos. 421C-0401 to 421C-0504.

Document: Cessna SL No. ME 78-21.

Compliance: Within 100 hours time in service after 30 September 1978.

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