74-09-04: Rear Seat Belt Installation
FAA order 74-09-04 is an airworthiness directive in force since April 24, 1974. The FAA's subject line: Rear Seat Belt Installation. It names Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow: about 18,633 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: cabin, seats and restraints.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Piper Aircraft Inc.
- Models
- PA-28-140, PA-28-180, PA-28-235, PA-28R-200
- On this site
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,633 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- April 24, 1974
- Published
- April 19, 1974 (signed April 9, 1974)
- 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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74-09-04 PIPER: Amendment 39-1821. Applies to Model PA-28-140 Serial Numbers 28-7225001 through 28-7325674; Model PA-28-180 Serial Numbers 28-7205001 through 28- 7305601; Model PA-28-235 Serial Numbers 28-7210001 through 28-7310176; and Model PA- 28R-200 Serial Numbers 28R-7235001 through 28R-7335446, certificated in all categories.
Compliance required within the next 100 hours time in service from the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.
To provide a safer rear seat belt installation, accomplish the following:
Relocate the rear seat safety belt outboard attachments in accordance with Piper Service Bulletin Number 393 or equivalent approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Southern Region, Atlanta, Georgia.
The manufacturer's specifications and procedures identified and described in this directive are incorporated herein and made apart hereof pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1). All persons affected by this directive who have not already received these documents from the manufacturer may obtain copies upon request to Piper Aircraft Corporation, Vero Beach Division, Vero Beach, Florida 32960. These documents may also be examined at the Federal Aviation Administration, Southern Region, 3400 Whipple Street, East Point, Georgia 30344 and at Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters, 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. A historical file on this AD which includes the incorporated material in full is maintained by the FAA at its Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at the Federal Aviation Administration, Southern Region.
This amendment becomes effective April 24, 1974.
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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 October 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/74-09-04.json · aircraft systems.
