75-17-08: Canopy Jettisoning Capability
FAA order 75-17-08 is an airworthiness directive in force since August 18, 1975. The FAA's subject line: Canopy Jettisoning Capability. It names Pilatus B-4: about 37 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
- Pilatus Aircraft Limited
- Models
- B4-PC11
- On this site
- Pilatus B-4 37 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- August 18, 1975
- 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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75-17-08 PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD: Amendment 39-2310. Applies to B4-PC11 gliders, certificated in all categories, equipped with canopy limiting lock link.
Compliance is required as indicated, unless already accomplished.
To ensure canopy emergency jettisoning capability, accomplish the following:
(a) Within the next 10 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, disconnect the limiting cable.
(b) Within the next 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, alter the canopy limiting cable attachment in accordance with the accomplishment instructions of Pilatus Service Bulletin No. 1001, dated April 1974, or an FAA-approved equivalent.
This amendment becomes effective August 18, 1975.
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 22, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/75-17-08.json · aircraft systems.