AD 76-22-04

final rule
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Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Model MU-2B-30 and Model MU-2B-35 Airplanes

AD Number
76-22-04
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
aircraft
Docket
Unknown
FR Citation
This information is not available.

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B-30 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Model MU-2B-30 and Model MU-2B-35 Airplanes
aircraft Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B-35 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Model MU-2B-30 and Model MU-2B-35 Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

Binding of the main landing gear forward door emergency operating cables could result in inability to manually extend the landing gear.

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Required Actions

Inspect the main landing gear forward door emergency operating cables within 50 hours time in service after the effective date, and every 100 hours thereafter. Replace cables if actuating force exceeds 88 lbs, rewinding requires heavy force, rewinding is rough, or inner coating is scraped. Install new cables P/N 030A-38558-41 and -51 to discontinue inspections.

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Compliance Time

Within the next 50 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD, and thereafter at intervals not to exceed 100 hours time in service from the last inspection

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Affected Aircraft

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Model MU-2B-30 (serial numbers 502 through 547) and Model MU-2B-35 (serial numbers 501 and 548 through 615)

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Retrieved: Apr 8, 2026

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