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ATA 30 – King Air 250 Propeller De-Ice Boot
ATA 52 – Cabin Door Weight Limit
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There have been some reports of the cabin door hinge and the cabin door upper channel cracking prompting the question: What is the cabin door weight limit?
There are no published cabin door weight limits, but it has been a common practice not to allow more than one person at a time on the cabin door. Some operators have even gone to the extent of installing a homemade placard stating, “One person on steps at a time.”
The “one person at a time” rule does little if the one person is heavier than the normal person in the general population. Also, there is an issue with ambulance operators where it requires more than one person at the time in addition to the stretcher and the patient they are trying to load. For these instances, it is a good idea to provide the door some additional support. This communiqué online shows a solution created by one of the operators. The support is placed on the ground in line with the cabin door to provide support while loading and unloading operations
are taking place.
Painting the support bright orange and installing flags may help to make it more visible. There is the risk of leaving the support behind as it is not in the line of sight of the person closing the door, so installing flags may aid in preventing this.
The single cable handrail in- stallation makes this situation worse in that the weight loads on the cabin door excerpt a twisting motion on the door. These airplanes will benefit by installation of the dual cable kit. This kit provides parts and information to install an additional cable on the forward side of the door. There is no kit available for the King Air B300 as most B300s left the factory with these cables installed. Kit information is provided online within this communiqué.
The above information is abbreviated for space purposes. For the entire communication, go to www.txtavsupport.com.
Protection Circuit Kit, Rev 1
BB-1509 and after; BL-141 and after; BY-1 and after; BZ-1 and after with Composite Propeller Blade STC SA02130SE
King Air Communiqué ME-TP-001 announced the availability of kit 101-3301-0001. This announcement was made premature as the kit has not cleared the final stages for certification. This kit is not yet available, please disregard.
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