# AD 82-04-08: Landing Gear Retraction

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-34-220T
- Effective: February 25, 1982
- Published: February 25, 1982
- Issued: February 10, 1982
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-4323
- Registered aircraft: 256 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DA5D5C3658C67C4F862569A6005C8D74.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/82-04-08

## The airworthiness directive

82-04-08 PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION: Amendment 39-4323. Applies to Piper Model PA-34-220T (Serial Numbers 34-8133001 through 34-8233020) airplanes certificated in any category.

Compliance: Required as indicated unless already accomplished.

To prevent a potentially hazardous condition during landing and ground operation due to the inadvertent retraction of the landing gear, accomplish the following:

A) Within the next 50 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, inspect and modify the landing gear selector and squat switches in accordance with the Instructions Section contained in Piper Service Bulletin No. 732, dated November 11, 1981.

B) Any equivalent method of compliance may be approved by the Chief, Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, Southern Region, Room 275, 3400 Norman Berry Drive, East Point, Georgia 30344.

This amendment becomes effective February 25, 1982.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A7SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A7SO): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 1 of 5 models: PA-34-220T (Seneca V)

## 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: 256 (256 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 248, New Piper 8

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-34-220T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t): 248 aircraft (airframe model)
- [New Piper PA-34-220T](https://openairdocs.org/model/new-piper-pa-34-220t): 8 aircraft (airframe model)

All 3 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/82-04-08/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/82-04-08/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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