59-23-03: Fire Extinguisher Cartridge
FAA order 59-23-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Fire Extinguisher Cartridge. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Maryland Air Industries, Inc.
- Models
- F-27, F-27A, F-27B, F-27F, F-27G, F-27J, F-27M
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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59-23-03 FAIRCHILD: Applies to F-27 Series aircraft Serial Numbers 1 to 63 inclusive.
Compliance required not later than December 1, 1959.
(a) The present cartridge unit in the fire extinguisher system has been found to be unreliable above 20,000 feet. Modified cartridge units must therefore be installed to insure reliability above 20,000 feet.
(b) Remove four Fenwal fire extinguisher cartridge units, P/N 690202-2, attached to main and reserve fire extinguisher bottles located in left and right nacelles, and replace with new Fenwal fire extinguisher cartridge units, P/N 6900202-3.
(Fairchild F-27 Service Bulletin No. 26-1 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/59-23-03.json · aircraft systems.