# AD 76-09-01: Emergency Exit Door

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Textron 65, 65-80, 65-A80, 65-A80-8800, 65-B80, 70, A65 and A65-8200
- Effective: April 30, 1976
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-2589
- Registered aircraft: 65 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/A4A43025C62E3C5086256A080072570C.0001
- DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/76-09-01

## The airworthiness directive

76-09-01 BEECH: Amendment 39-2589. Applies to Models 65, A65 and A65-8200 (Serial Numbers L-1, L-2, L-3, LF-7, LF-8 and LC-1 thru LC-335), Model 70 (Serial Numbers LB-1 thru LB-35), and Models 65-80, 65-A80, 65-A80-8800 and 65-B80 (Serial Numbers LD-1 thru LD-494) airplanes.

Compliance: Required as indicated, unless already accomplished.

To provide instruction on the operation of the emergency exit door, within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, accomplish the following:

A) On all airplanes, below the existing emergency exit operating instructions placard, install P/N 50-535033-7 decal or an equivalent pressure sensitive decal which reads:

"DO NOT OPEN IN FLIGHT"

B) On all airplanes, except Model 65-B80, add Airplane Flight Manual Supplement P/N 1313300 dated March 28, 1975, or later date, to the existing FAA-approved flight manual.

C) On Model 65-B80 airplanes, examine the FAA-approved flight manual to verifythat it is P/N 50-590211-1A3, revised May 30, 1975, and if not, install same in the airplane.

This amendment becomes effective April 30, 1976.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 3A20](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A20): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 8 of 22 models: 65-A80-8800, 65-B80, 65-A80, 65, A65-8200, 70, 65-80, A65

## 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: 65 (65 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Beech 63, Monocoupe 1, Rockwell International 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Beech 65](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65): 22 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 65-B80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80): 15 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech A65](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a65): 6 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 65 (LF-23F)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-lf-23f): 6 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 70](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-70): 4 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 65-A80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 65-A80-8800](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a80-8800): 3 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 65-80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-80): 2 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 65 (L23F)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-l23f): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech A65-8200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a65-8200): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Rockwell International 65](https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-65): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Monocoupe 70](https://openairdocs.org/model/monocoupe-70): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 12 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/76-09-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/76-09-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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