AD 75-09-15

Airworthiness directive · Fuel Starvation To The Engine · Lycoming Engines AIO-320-A1A, AIO-320-A1B, AIO-320-A2A and 130 more

Effective
April 30, 1975
Models
AIO-320-A1A, AIO-320-A1B, AIO-320-A2A, AIO-320-A2B, AIO-320-B1B, AIO-320-C1B and 127 more
Registered aircraft
21,537 matched by model
Product
Engine
Amendment
39-2187

Unofficial copy of the text in the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System. The FAA’s own copy is the authoritative one. DRS record last changed May 30, 2024.

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75-09-15 LYCOMING: Amendment 39-2187. Applies to Lycoming Model IO-320, AIO-320, IO-360, LIO-360, HIO-360-C Series, IVO-360, TIO-360, AIO-360, IGO-480, IO-540, TIO-540, IVO-540, IGO-540, AND IO-720 Series Engines equipped with the following listed Bendix Fuel Injector Flow Divider part numbers. 2524218-1 thru 2524225-1, 2524227-1, 2524232-1, 2524240-1, 2524248-1, 2524265-1, 2524327-1, 2524342-1, 2524397-1, 2524416-1, 2524421-1, 2524571-1, 2524583-1, 2524610-1. Compliance required within the next 25 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished. To prevent possible fuel starvation to the engine accomplish the following: Remove Bendix P/N 2537013 fuel flow divider cover gasket and install Bendix P/N 2538998 cover gasket in accordance with Lycoming Service Bulletin No. 382 or equivalent procedure approved by Chief, Engineering & Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Eastern Region. (Bendix Energy Controls Division Fuel System Bulletin No. RS43also covers this subject). This amendment is effective April 30, 1975.

Affected TCDS · 10

The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.

Registered aircraft · 21,537

Registered aircraft whose airframe or engine model this AD names. Matched by model only, so check each against the AD’s applicability.

By aircraft maker
  • Piper9,437 aircraft
  • Cessna3,340 aircraft
  • Mooney2,136 aircraft
  • Beech496 aircraft
  • Bellanca459 aircraft
  • Other makers2,8215,669 aircraft
By year built
19292026
Registered aircraft by year built: 19,151 aircraft
19291
19301
19371
19391
19401
19411
19431
19469
19475
19488
19492
19507
19516
19521
19534
19543
19552
19567
19573
19585
19595
196023
196136
196249
1963178
1964446
1965523
1966774
1967754
1968570
1969696
1970258
1971375
1972494
1973640
1974618
1975669
1976891
1977865
1978936
1979492
1980317
1981327
1982187
1983119
1984101
198564
198631
198744
198850
1989105
199089
199181
199268
1993107
199491
1995124
1996131
1997236
1998526
1999577
2000584
2001438
2002307
2003401
2004550
2005574
2006194
2007132
2008112
200989
2010103
201187
201289
201362
201474
201556
201678
201786
2018109
2019140
2020145
2021129
2022175
2023192
2024190
2025208
2026111

2,386 with no year recorded

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NTSB investigations that cite this AD · 2

Their narratives or probable cause name AD 75-09-15, often to say whether the aircraft complied with it.