81-26-04: Cable Guard & Retainer Installation
FAA order 81-26-04 is an airworthiness directive in force since December 31, 1981. The FAA's subject line: Cable Guard & Retainer Installation. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- M7 Aerospace LLC
- Models
- SA226-AT, SA226-T, SA226-TC
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- December 31, 1981
- 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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81-26-04 SWEARINGEN: Amendment 39-4284. Applies to Swearingen Model SA226-T, S/N T201 through T290; SA226-AT, S/N AT001 through AT066; SA226-TC, S/N TC201 through TC255 airplanes certified in all categories. Compliance required within the next 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD but not later than January 15, 1982. Accomplishment of Fairchild Swearingen Service Bulletin SB27-022 issued January 5, 1979, satisfies the requirements of this AD (Airworthiness Docket No. 81-ASW-65).
To prevent disengagement of the control cables from the control pulleys, install cable guards and retainers in each control column in accordance with Fairchild Swearingen Service Bulletin SB27-022 issued January 5, 1979, or an equivalent means approved by the Chief, Aircraft Certification Division, FAA, Southwest Region.
A special flight permit may be issued in accordance with FAR 21.197 to allow flight of the aircraft to a location where this AD can be accomplished.This amendment becomes effective December 31, 1981.
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/81-26-04.json · aircraft systems.