# AD 92-18-11: Landing Gear Circuit

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Textron A36 and B36TC
- Effective: October 18, 1992
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-8356
- Docket: 92-CE-28-AD
- Registered aircraft: 2,663 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/F0292512088301D086256A09005CB021.0001
- DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-18-11

## The airworthiness directive

92-18-11 BEECH: Amendment 39-8356. Docket No. 92-CE-28-AD.

Applicability: Model A36 airplanes (serial numbers E-1946, E-2104, and E-2111 through E-2682), and Model B36TC airplanes (serial numbers EA-320, and EA-389 through EA-524), certificated in any category.

Compliance: Required within the next 50 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent failure of the landing gear circuit, which could result in the inability to extend the landing gear, accomplish the following:

  (a) Seal the upper door upper hinge cavity in accordance with the ACCOMPLISHMENT INSTRUCTIONS section of Beech Service Bulletin No. 2437, dated April 1992.

  (b) Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 and 21.199 to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished.

  (c) An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an equivalentlevel of safety may be approved by the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, 1801 Airport Road, Mid-Continent Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209. The request shall be forwarded through an appropriate FAA Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office.

NOTE: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the Wichita Aircraft Certification Office.

  (d) The modification required by this AD shall be done in accordance with Beech Service Bulletin No. 2437, dated April 1992. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR Part 51. Copies may be obtained from the Beech Aircraft Corporation, Commercial Service, Department 52, P.O. Box 85, Wichita, Kansas 67201-0085. Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Central Region, Office of the Assistant Chief Counsel, Room 1558, 601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW, suite 700, Washington, DC.

  (e) This amendment becomes effective on October 18, 1992.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 3A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A15): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 2 of 27 models: B36TC, A36

## 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: 2,663 (2,663 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Beech 2,132, Raytheon 530, Beech/Goedkerj L 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36): 1,907 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36): 448 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech B36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc): 225 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Raytheon B36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b36tc): 82 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech/Goedkerj L A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-goedkerj-l-a36): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 7 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-18-11/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/92-18-11/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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