# AD 64-02-05: Openable Window in the Crew Exit

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Overhead emergency exit hatch between fuselage station 278.4… (Flying Tiger Line STC SA4-948)
- Effective: January 10, 1964
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Registered aircraft: 4 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/393752FBE5280968862569B6006261D9.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/64-02-05

## The airworthiness directive

64-02-05 LOCKHEED: Amdt. 669 Part 507 Federal Register January 10, 1964. Applies to All Models 49, 149, 649, 649A, 749, 749A, 1049-54, 1049C, 1049D, 1049E, 1049G, 1049H and 1649A Series Aircraft That Do Not Incorporate the Overhead Crew Hatch Provided for in Flying Tiger Line Supplemental Type Certificate SA4-948 or FAA Approved Equivalent.

Compliance required as indicated.

  (a)(1) To eliminate the possibility of jamming the crew door, accomplish the following within 325 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless previously accomplished.

  (2) Permanently deactivate the openable window in the crew door by bolting the window shut or by deactivating the window operating mechanism, or modify the window operating mechanism by incorporating the modification provided for in Gamco Precision Supplemental Type Certificate SA546WE or a modification approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Western Region, such that the open window will not interfere with the opening of the crew door. Supplemental Type Certificate SA546WE is not applicable to crew door windows previously modified for smoke evacuation purposes.

NOTE: - Gamco Precision, 10021 LaTuna Canyon, Sun Valley, California, the holder of STC SA546WE, may be contacted for information regarding the kit for this modification.

  (b) A number of crew door windows on aircraft that do not incorporate the overhead hatch provided for in STC SA4-948 or FAA approved equivalent have been modified for use in evacuating smoke from the flight station. When these windows are deactivated in compliance with this AD, delete section 3-31.1 of the FAA approved Airplane Flight Manual (Lockheed Report 11020) and reinsert section 3-31 which is applicable to the affected aircraft.

This directive effective January 10, 1964.

## Affected data sheets (3) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 6A5](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/6A5): Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; names 6 of 8 models: 1049G-82, 1049C-55, 1049E-55, 1049D-55, 1049H-82, 1049-54
- [TCDS A-763](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-763): Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; names 6 of 6 models: 149-46, 649-79, 749A-79, 749-79, 649A-79, 49-46
- [TCDS 4A17](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A17): Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company; names 1 of 1 models: 1649A-98

## 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: 4 (4 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Lockheed 4

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Lockheed 49-46](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-49-46): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Lockheed 749-79](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-749-79): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Lockheed 1049H-82](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-1049h-82): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Lockheed 1649A-98](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-1649a-98): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/64-02-05/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/64-02-05/aircraft.md

## Related documents

- [STC SA4-948](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA4-948): Overhead emergency exit hatch between fuselage station 278.4 and 296.8 in top centerline of aircraft.. Flying Tiger Line Inc, Named in the applicability
- [STC SA546WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA546WE): Modification of crew entrance door window mechanism.. Gamco Precision, Cited in the text

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