79-09-04: Engine Starter Relay Failures
FAA order 79-09-04 is an airworthiness directive in force since May 7, 1979. The FAA's subject line: Engine Starter Relay Failures. System: engine.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Textron Aviation Inc.
- Models
- 76
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- May 7, 1979
- 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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79-09-04 BEECH: Amendment 39-3455. Applies to Model 76 (Serial Numbers ME-1 through ME-182) airplanes.
COMPLIANCE: Required as indicated unless previously accomplished.
To preclude undetected failures of the engine starter relay and probable loss of electrical power, within the next 25 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, accomplish the following:
A) Insert into the Pilot's Operating Handbook and FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual, P/N 105-590000-5 (which was supplied with the airplane as required equipment) revision P/N 105-590000-5A1 dated March 1979, a copy of which is enclosed herewith and operate the airplane in accordance with these revised instructions.
B) Any equivalent method of compliance with this AD must be approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, FAA, Central Region.
Beechcraft Service Instructions Number 1050 covers the subject matter of this AD.
The Interim Addendums previously supplied by Beechcraft Executive Airplane Safety Communique 76-49 do not meet the requirements of this AD.
This Amendment becomes effective May 7, 1979.
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 30, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/79-09-04.json · aircraft systems.