# AD 63-06-01: Cabin Door Hinge

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Textron 23
- Effective: March 21, 1963
- Published: March 21, 1963
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 147 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/000E6BC6F0B30C2F86256A08007235AE.0001
- DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-06-01

## The airworthiness directive

63-06-01 BEECH: Amdt. 546 Part 507 Federal Register March 21, 1963. Applies to Model 23 Aircraft Serial Numbers M-50 through M-174, M-177, M-182 and M-189 Except Serial Numbers M-79, M-108, M-131, M-132, M-166 and M-172.

Compliance required within the next 25 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD.

To insure that the door has an adequate number of rivets, accomplish the following:

  (a) Inspect the cabin door hinge to determine if rivets are installed through the door along the full length of the hinge. Doors with a minimum of 12 AN 470AD4 or equivalent rivets need not be reworked.

  (b) Doors without rivets or with less than 12 rivets as described in (a) must be reworked in accordance with Beech Service Bulletin Model 23 No. 6, to incorporate a minimum of 15 AN 470AD4 rivets or FAA approved equivalent. End rivets must be located 3/8 inch plus or minus 1/8 inch from each end with the remaining rivets equally spaced within plus or minus 1/8 inchin a single row between the end rivets. Minimum edge distance is 2D.

(Beech Service Bulletin Model 23 No. 6 covers this same subject.)

This directive effective March 21, 1963.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A1CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1CE): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 1 of 14 models: 23

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 147 (147 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Beech 147

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23): 147 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-06-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-06-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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