# AD 75-08-15: Baggage Doors

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Sikorsky S-61N
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Rotorcraft
- Amendment: 39-2163
- Registered aircraft: 45 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/57F942D8BE3BB97786256A560045FC9D.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-08-15

## The airworthiness directive

75-08-15 SIKORSKY: Amendment 39-2163. Applies to S-61N helicopters certificated in all categories.

Compliance required within 5 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD.

  (1) Prior to each flight, a flight crewmember or ground service personnel shall check the baggage door, P/N S6120-72601-1, to ensure that it is closed and the locking mechanism and pins are in the locked position.

  (2) If the baggage door opens in flight as indicated by warning light in the instrument panel and the door cannot be closed and locked, the aircraft speed must be reduced to 45 knots and a landing made as soon as practicable.

This amendment becomes effective upon publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 1H15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1H15): Sikorsky Aircraft; names 1 of 4 models: S-61N

## 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: 45 (45 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Sikorsky 45

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Sikorsky S-61N](https://openairdocs.org/model/sikorsky-s-61n): 45 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-08-15/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-08-15/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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