Mike Clark

Document ID: FAA-2009-0218-0009
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: April 16 2009, at 11:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: April 23 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: March 10 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: May 11 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80958d43
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This is comment on Rule

Airworthiness Directives: Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA 23, PA 31, and PA 42 Series Airplanes

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I have been an A and P mechanic for 13 years and an IA for 6 years. I have seen many safety concerns adressed with proposed AD's. The necessity for an AD on the Navajo baggage door is obvious. The question is; is there an adequate solution for the problem? Is the solution both safety effective and cost effective? The "Posi Latch" by Plane Miracles could and should provide for a Terminating Action in this AD. The Latch is simple and strong and would adress the real problem. The door would stay closed. Other solutions that I have seen seem to be complicated expensive and may not even solve the problem totally.