# AD 88-25-11: Baggage Door Mechanism

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Mooney M20J and M20K
- Effective: January 5, 1989
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-6085
- Registered aircraft: 2,179 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/85AE60363500442386256A4D004911CA.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/88-25-11

## The airworthiness directive

88-25-11 MOONEY: Amendment 39-6085.

Applicability: Models M20J (Serial Numbers 24-0084, 24-0378 through 24-1645, and 24-3000 through 24-3056) and M20K (Serial Numbers 25-0001 through 25-1160) certificated in any category.

Compliance: Required within the next 25 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent in-flight opening of the baggage door, accomplish the following: (a) Modify the auxiliary exit mechanism in the baggage door, install a placard, and incorporate the Pilots Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual Supplement as specified in Mooney Aircraft Corporation Service Bulletin No. M20-239, dated September 28, 1988, and operate the airplane in accordance with these instructions.

  (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, Airplane Certification Branch, FAA, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0150.

All persons affected by this directive may obtain copies of the document referred to herein upon request to the Mooney Aircraft Corporation, P. O. Box 72, Kerrville, Texas 78029; or may examine this document at the FAA, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.

This amendment (39-6085, AD 88-25-11) becomes effective on January 5, 1989.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 2A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A3): Mooney International Corporation; names 2 of 17 models: M20K, M20J

## 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: 2,179 (2,179 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Mooney 2,179

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j): 1,408 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mooney M20K](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k): 771 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/88-25-11/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/88-25-11/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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