# AD 76-07-03: Large Cargo Door

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Maryland Air Industries FH-227, FH-227B, FH-227C, FH-227D and FH-227E with STC SA2246WE
- Effective: April 6, 1976
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- Amendment: 39-2565
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/9C47B47B5BCF3A168625698500662121.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/76-07-03

## The airworthiness directive

76-07-03 FAIRCHILD: Amendment 39-2565. Applies to all FH-227 airplanes incorporating the outward opening large cargo door per STC SA2246WE.

Compliance required within the next 300 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

  (a) To prevent inadvertent opening of the large cargo door in flight, accomplish the alteration in paragraph 2, Accomplishment Instructions, in Fairchild Service Bulletin FH-227-52-17, dated October 27, 1975, for FH-227 airplanes, or an equivalent alteration approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA Eastern Region.

This amendment is effective April 6, 1976.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7A1](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A1): Maryland Air Industries Inc.; names 5 of 12 models: FH-227B, FH-227C, FH-227D, FH-227E, FH-227

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

No registered aircraft matched the models it names.

## Related documents

- [STC SA2246WE](https://openairdocs.org/stc/SA2246WE): Installation of large cargo door. (F27 S/N 21 AND SUBS). Fokker50Freighter STC Corporation, Named in the applicability

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