# AD 75-10-03: Baggage Door

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-32-260 and PA-32-300
- Effective: May 12, 1975
- Published: May 8, 1975
- Issued: April 24, 1975
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-2195
- Registered aircraft: 1,642 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/5A73D4CD3ADAF19186256999005145FA.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-10-03

## The airworthiness directive

75-10-03 PIPER: Amendment 39-2195. Applies to Model PA-32-260, serial numbers 32-01 through 32-7500039 and Model PA-32-300, serial numbers 32-40001 through 32-7540147 certificated in all categories.

Compliance required before further flight after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished within the last ten hours in service, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed ten hours time in service from the last examination.

To detect delamination of the forward baggage door, accomplish the following:

  (a) Examine the inside and outside of the forward baggage door along the hinge, along the leading edge, and along all inner stiffening sections for evidence of cracks or delamination of the fiberglass.

  (b) If the examination in paragraph (a) does not reveal any evidence of the noted conditions, no further action is necessary.

  (c) If the examination in paragraph (a) reveals evidence of cracks or delaminations, modify the baggage door by installing Piper Kit # 760-972V or an equivalent approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, ASO-210, FAA, Southern Region, before further flight, except that the airplane may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a base where the modification can be performed.

After modification per paragraph (c) this AD is no longer applicable. The examination required by paragraph (a) may be performed by the pilot. Piper Service Bulletin No. 463 pertains to this subject. NOTE: For the requirements regarding the listing of compliance and method of compliance with this AD in the airplane's permanent maintenance record, see FAR 91.173.

This amendment becomes effective May 12, 1975.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 2 of 13 models: PA-32-300, PA-32-260

## 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: 1,642 (1,642 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 1,642

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300): 992 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260): 650 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-10-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/75-10-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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