55-08-01: Safety Belt Buckles
FAA order 55-08-01 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Safety Belt Buckles. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Appliance
- Makes
- Beech
- Models
- Safety Belt Buckles
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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55-08-01 BEECH SAFETY BELT BUCKLES: Applies to All Beech Safety Belt Buckles, P/N 113652.
Compliance required as soon as possible but not later than September 1, 1955.
Inspect Beech safety buckles by checking the buckle lever attachment pin for snap ring retainers installed at each end.
All Beech buckles with buckle lever dowel type attaching pin retainers in lieu of buckle lever attaching pins with snap ring retainers should be retired from service by replacement with the newer improved safety buckle with through pin and snap ring retainers.
(Beech Service Bulletin No. OS-55-1 issued January 25, 1955, covers this same subject.)
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/55-08-01.json · aircraft systems.