Beechcraft Baron 58 - Doors, Windows, and Exits; Cabin Door

BEECHCRAFT Baron 58
Serial TH 773 and After
Section VII
Systems Description
The strap is worn over the shouIder and down across the
body, where it is fastened by a metal loop into the seat belt
buckle. For the pilot seats, the harness strap is contained in
an
inertia reel attached to the side canopy structure of the
cockpit The inertia reel is covered with an escutcheon and
the strap runs upfrom the reel location to a looped fitting at-
tached to the window frame just aft of the pilot seats. For
the
third and fourth passenger seats, the inertia reel is at-
tached into the seat back structure and is covered with the
seat back upholstery. The strap runs up the seat back and
over
the outboard corner of the seat back. For the fifth and
sixth passenger seats,
the strap is contained in an inertia
reel attached to the upper fuselage side structure, just aft of
the seat back and is covered
with an escutcheon.
NOTE
The seat belt is independent of the shoulder
harness, but the outboard seat belt and the
shoulder harness must be connected for
stowage when the seat is not occupied.
DOORS, WINDOWS AND EXITS
CABIN DOOR
The airplane has a conventional cabin door on the forward
right side of the fuselage and when closed,the outside cabin
door handle is spring loaded to fit into a recess in the door to
create a
flat aerodynamically clean surface. The door may
be locked with a key. To open the door from the outside, lift
the handle from its recess and pull until the door opens.
To close
the cabin door from the inside, observe that the
door handle is in the unlocked position. In this position, the
latch handle is free to move approximately one inch in
either direction before engagement of the locking
October 1 976
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