59-24-03: Safety Belts
FAA order 59-24-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Safety Belts. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Appliance
- Makes
- Brown-Line Corporation
- Models
- Safety Belts
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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59-24-03 BROWN-LINE CORPORATION SAFETY BELT: Applies to All Model WB-2002-2 Safety Belts.
Investigation of two recent accidents involving aircraft in which the subject model safety belts were installed, disclosed that the wearer could not free himself from the belt, thereby preventing his escape from the aircraft. The design of this belt buckle is such that it will not enable the wearer to quickly and easily release the belt from the buckle. Thus this belt does not conform with Section 4.1.2 of TSO-C22 (See NOTE) and compliance is considered essential to safety in cases of fire or emergencies involving landings in water.
Accordingly, since this model safety belt does not meet the necessary safety requirements, it is not acceptable for installation in civil aircraft. Furthermore, all belts of this model that are in service must be replaced with acceptable safety belts within the next 25 hours of service time or the next periodic inspection whichever occurs first.
NOTE: Section 4.1.2 of TSO-C22 states in part: ". . . . shall include an easily operable quick release mechanism which will enable the wearer to release himself easily under a load simulating the wearer hanging in the belt".
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/59-24-03.json · aircraft systems.