AD 87-08-05

Airworthiness directive · Modify Fuel System · Textron A36TC

Effective
May 14, 1987
Model
A36TC
Data sheet
TCDS3A15
Registered aircraft
174 matched by model
Product
Aircraft · Small airplane
Amendment
39-5598

Unofficial copy of the text in the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System. The FAA’s own copy is the authoritative one. DRS record last changed January 21, 2026.

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87-08-05 BEECH: Amendment 39-5598. Applies to Model A36TC (Serial Numbers EA-1 through EA-241, and EA-243 through EA-272) airplanes certificated in any category.

Compliance: Required within the next 100 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To reduce the possibility of engine flooding caused by inadvertent pilot action, accomplish the following:

(a) Modify the fuel system as described in Beechcraft Mandatory Service Bulletin No. 2033, dated August 1985.

(b) Airplanes may be flown in accordance with FAR 21.197 to a location where this AD may be accomplished.

(c) An equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be used if approved by the Manager, Aircraft Certification Office, Federal Aviation Administration, 1801 Airport Road, Room 100, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209.

All persons affected by this directive may obtain copies of the document(s) referred to herein upon request to Beech Aircraft Corporation, Commercial Service, Department 52, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085; or may examine the document(s) referred to herein at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Room 1558, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

This amendment becomes effective on May 14, 1987.

Affected TCDS · 1

The type certificate data sheets for the models this AD names, matched by model and maker.

Registered aircraft · 174

Registered aircraft whose airframe or engine model this AD names. Matched by model only, so check each against the AD’s applicability.

By aircraft maker
  • Beech174 aircraft
By year built
19791983
Registered aircraft by year built: 151 aircraft
197936
198069
198145
19831

23 with no year recorded

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NTSB investigations that cite this AD · 1

Their narratives or probable cause name AD 87-08-05, often to say whether the aircraft complied with it.