# AD 83-07-14: One-Ply Window Replacement

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Textron 200, 200C, 200CT, 200T, B200, B200C and F90
- Effective: April 18, 1983
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small/large airplane
- Amendment: 39-4628
- Registered aircraft: 877 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/78BCD137ADD70C708625698A00731A1D.0001
- DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-07-14

## The airworthiness directive

83-07-14 BEECH: Amendment 39-4628. Applies to Models F90 (S/Ns LA-2 through LA-7 and LA-103 through LA-146), 200 (S/Ns BB-2 through BB-525, BB-789 through BB-792, BB- 794 through BB-828 and BB-830 through BB-852), 200C (S/Ns BL-18 through BL-36), 200CT (S/N BN-1), 200T (S/Ns BT-1 through BT-7), B200 (S/Ns BB-793, BB-829, BB-854 through BB-868, and BB-870), and B200C (S/N BL-37) airplanes certificated in any category.

COMPLIANCE: Required as indicated, unless already accomplished.

To prevent decompression and possible injury caused by failure of a one-ply window that may have been installed instead of the required multi-ply window, within the next 100 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, accomplish the following:

a) Inspect all windows and replace each one-ply window that is found with the required multi-ply window in accordance with the criteria contained in Beechcraft Service Instructions Number 1214.

b) Airplanes may be flown in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation 21.197 to a place where this AD may be accomplished, provided a maximum pressure altitude of 25,000 feet and a maximum differential cabin pressure of 4.6 pounds per square inch is not exceeded.

c) An equivalent method of compliance with this AD may be used if approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, Room 238, Terminal Building 2299, Mid- Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209, telephone (316) 269-7000.

This amendment becomes effective on April 18, 1983.

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A24CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A24CE): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 5 of 37 models: 200, 200CT, 200T, 200C, B200C (C-12R)
- [TCDS A31CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A31CE): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 1 of 1 models: F90

## 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: 877 (877 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Beech 653, Raytheon 211, Hawker Beechcraft 12, Textron 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Beech B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200): 281 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 200](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200): 234 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raytheon B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200): 206 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech F90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90): 107 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech B200C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b200c): 16 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Hawker Beechcraft B200](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-b200): 12 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200t): 8 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech 200C](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200c): 7 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raytheon B200C](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200c): 5 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Textron B200 KING AIR](https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-b200-king-air): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 10 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-07-14/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/83-07-14/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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