# AD 48-17-02: Cargo Compartment Insulation

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Martin-Marietta 202
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/D18FAA2E4D4D4E018625698A00730A65.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-17-02

## The airworthiness directive

48-17-02 MARTIN: Applies to Model 202 Aircraft Serial Numbers 9125 Through 9127; 9129 Through 9131; and 9158 Through 9167.

Compliance required by June 1, 1948.

To eliminate the fire hazard due to the insulation becoming saturated with hydraulic fluid, remove the fiberglass and rubberized hair and vinyl linings from both the forward and aft belly cargo compartments.

(Martin Service Bulletin No. 26 dated February 24, 1946, covers this subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-795](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-795): Martin-Marietta Corporation; names 1 of 2 models: 202

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

No registered aircraft matched the models it names.

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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