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75-08-15: Baggage Doors

FAA order 75-08-15 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Baggage Doors. It names Sikorsky S-61: about 54 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: airframe structure.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Models
S-61N
On this site
Sikorsky S-61 54 registered

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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75-08-15 SIKORSKY: Amendment 39-2163. Applies to S-61N helicopters certificated in all categories. Compliance required within 5 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD. (1) Prior to each flight, a flight crewmember or ground service personnel shall check the baggage door, P/N S6120-72601-1, to ensure that it is closed and the locking mechanism and pins are in the locked position. (2) If the baggage door opens in flight as indicated by warning light in the instrument panel and the door cannot be closed and locked, the aircraft speed must be reduced to 45 knots and a landing made as soon as practicable. This amendment becomes effective upon publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders

2007-04-19NE-07-30 · Main rotor blade

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/75-08-15.json · aircraft systems.