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PIPER SEMINOLE 44-180 POH

SEMINOLE
INFORMATION
MANUAL
Seminole
PA-44-180
HANDBOOK PART NO 761 662

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Published by
PUBLICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Issued: March 23. 1918

APPLICABILITY
Application
of this handbook is limited to the specific Piper PA-44-180
model airplane designated
by serial number and registration number on the
face
of the title page of this handbook.
This handbook cannot be used for operational purposes unless kept in
acurrent status.
REVISIONS
The information compiled in the Pilot's Operating Handbook will be
kept current
by revisions distributed to the airplane owners.
Revision material will consist of information necessary to update the
text
of the present handbook and!or to add information to cover added
airplane equipment.
1. Revisions
Revisions will be distributed whenever necessary as complete page
replacements
or additions and shall be inserted into the handbook in
accordance with the instructions given below:
I. Revision pages will replace only pages with the same page number.
2. Insert all additional pages in proper numerical order within each
section.
3. Page numbers followed by asmall letter shall be inserted in direct
sequence with the same common numbered page.
II. Identification
of Revised Material
Revised text and illustrations shall be indicated
by ablack vertical
line along the outside margin of the page, opposite revised, added or
deleted material. Aline along the outside margin of the page opposite the
page number will indicate that an entire page
wns added
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Black lines will indicate only current revISIons with changes and
additions to or deletions
of existing text and illustrations. Changes in
capitalization, spelling, punctuation
or the physical location of material on
apage will not be identified.
OH1GINAL PAGES ISSUED
The original paJes issued for this handbook prior to revision are given
below:
Title,
ii through vii, I-I through 1-21, 2-1 through 2-10, 3-1 through
3-21,4-1 through 4-27,5-1 through 5-33,
6-1 through6-50, 7-1 through7-34,
8-1 through 8-17, 9-\ through 9-22, and 10-\ through 10-3.
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS
Current Revisions to the PA-44-180 Seminole Pilot'sOperating Handbook,
REPORT: V8-860 issued March 23,
1978.
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
Rev. I
1-3 Revised para. 1.5; relocated
761 662 info. to
pg. 1-4.
(PR781215)
1-4 Added info. from pg. 1-3;
relocated info. to pg. 1-5.
1-5 Added info. from pg. 1-4.
1-8 Revised para. 1.19.
1-18
Revised para. 1.21
2-3 Revised para. 2.7.
2-4 Revised para. 2.7.
2-6 Revised para. 2.23.
3-i Revised para. 3.7.
3-2 Revised para. 3.3.
3-3
Revised para. 3.3; added
Warning from pg.
3-4.
3-4 Revised para. 3.3; relocated
Warning
to pg. 3-3; added
info. from
pg. 3-5.
3-5 Relocated info. to
pg. 3-4;
added info. from pg. 3-6.
3-6 Relocated info. to pg.
3-5;
added info. from pg. 3-7.
3-7
Relocated info. to pg. 3-6;
added info. from pg. 3-8.
3-8
Relocated info. to pg. 3-7;
added info. from pg. 3-9.
3-9 Relocated info. to pg.
3-8;
added info. from pg. 3-10
3-10 Relocated info. to pg.
3-9
3-11
Revised para. 3.7.
3-12 Revised para. 3.7; relocated
info. to
pg. 3-13.
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
------
Rev. I(cont) i
3-13
Added info. from pg. 3-12;
revised para. 3.7; added info.
from
pg. 3-14.
3-14 Relocated info. to
pg. 3-13;
revised para. 3.7; relocated
info.
to pg. 3-15.
3-15 Added info. from
pg. 3-14.
4-i Added para. 4.16; revised
pg. nos.
4-1
Revised para. 4.1; relocated
info. to
pg. 4-2.
4-2 Added info. from
pg. 4-1;
revised para. 4.3.
4-6 Added info. to para. 4.5;
relocated info. to
pg. 4-7.
4-7 Added info. from pg. 4-6;
relocated info. to
pg. 4-8.
4-8 Added info. from pg. 4-7;
relocated info. to
pg. 4-9.
4-9 Added info. from pg. 4-8;
relocated info. to
pg. 4-10.
4-10 Added info. from
pg. 4-9;
relocated info. to pg. 4-11.
4-11
Added info. from pg. 4-10;
relocated info. to
pg. 4-12.
4-12 Added info. from
pg. 4-11;
relocated info. to
pg. 4-12a.
4-l1a Added
pg. (added info. from
Ipg.4-12).
I
4-nb
Added pg. (added info. from
pg. 4-13).
4-13
Relocated info. to pg. 4-12b;
added info. from
pg. 4-14.
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
Rev. I(cont) 4-14 Relocated info. to
pg. 4-13,
added info. from
pg. 4- j 5;
added para. 4.16.
4-15 Relocated info. to pg. 4-14;
added info. from
pg. 4-16.
4-16 Relocated info. to
pg. 4-15.
4-26 Revised para. 4.51.
5-1
Revised para. 5.1; relocated
info. to pg.
5-2.
5-2
Added info. from pg. 5-1.
5-6
Revised para. 5.5.
5-7
Revised para. 5.5.
5-22 Revised Fig. 5-23.
5-26 Revised Fig. 5-31.
5-27 Revised Fig. 5-33.
5-28 Revised Fig. 5-35.
5-31 Revised Fig. 5-41.
6-i
Revised para. 6.11.
6-15 Revised para. 6.9.
6-18 Revised item 1and removed
lines.
6-19 Removed lines.
6-21
Removed lines.
6-22 Revised item
53; removed
line".
6-23 Revised item
71; removed
lines.
6-24 Revised item
77; removed
lines.
6-25 Revised item
91; removed
lines.
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
_ .. _-_.-
i
Rev. I(cont) i6-26 IAdded para.
6. II (g) from
...
IIpg. 6-21; added new item
113.
I6-21 Revised para.
6. II (h) to 6. II
(g) and relocated to pg. 6-26;
revised para.
6. II (g) to 6. II
(h); renumbered existing
items
113 and 115 to 121 and
123; added new items 115 and
111.
6-31
Revised item 165.
6-33
Revised hems 173 and 175.
6-34 Added item
176; relocated
item
187 to pg. 6-35.
6-35 Added item
187 from pg.
6-34.
6-31
Added new item 212; re-
located item
219 to pg. 6-38.
6-38 Added item
219 from pg.
6-37.
6-39 Revised item
231.
6-45 Revised item 281.
6-46 Added new item 282; re-
located item 289
to pg. 6-47.
6-47 Added item
289 from pg.
6-46.
6-48 Deleted item 353; revised
items
355 and 361.
7-i
Added para. 7.39.
7-10 Revised Fig. 1-7.
WOI'cl
1-14 Revised para. 7.15.
1-35 Added pg. (added para. 7.39). Ward Evans
8-10 Revised para. 8.11. Dec.
15. 1978
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (eont)
~.
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
Rev. 26-46 Revised item
283; added item
161 662 284; relocated item 281 to pg
(PR190413) 6-41.
6-41 Added item
281 from pg.
6-46.
1-i Revised para. 1.37 &1.39 pg.
nos.
7-33
Revised para. 1.35.
1-34 Revised para. 1.35; relocated
para. 1.31
to pg. 1-36.
1-35 Added para. 1.35 info.; re-
located para. 7.39
to pg. 7-36.
WOAcR.
1-36 Added pg. (added para. 1.31
from
pg. 1-34 &para. 1.39 Ward Evans
from
pg. 1-35). April
13, 1919 i
Rev. 3
1-9
Added Demo. X-Wind.
161 662
2-2 Revised para. 2.3.
(PR190914) 2-1,2-8, Revised para. 2.21.
2-9,2-10
3-6
Added info.
3-1
Replaced abbreviations with
words.
3-8
Added word to title.
3-13 Revised procedure.
3-18
Revised para. 3.15.
4-6 Revised Caution.
4-11
Added info. from pg. 4-12.
4-12 Relocated info. to pg. 4-11.
5-2 Added Warning.
5-3, 5-5, Revised para. 5.5 (a), (c),
Cd),
5-6, 5-1
(e), (f) and (g).
5-9 Revised List of Figures.
5-15
Revised Fig. 5-9.
REPORT: VB-860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
Rev. 3(cont) 5-24 Revised Figs. 5-27 thru
ithru
5-41.
5-3!
6-1,6-2 Revised para. 6.1.
6-3
Added Caution. Moved info.
to pg. 6-4.
6-4
Relocated info. from pg. 6-3.
Moved info. to
pg. 6-5.
6-5
Relocated info. from pg. 6-4.
6-18 Revised items I, 3and
5.
6-24 Revised item
77.
6-26 Revised. item 113.
6-27 Revised items 115 and 121.
6-30 Relocated item
159 from pg.
6-31.
6-31 Relocated item 159 to pg.
6-30; added item
167 from
pg.6-32.
6-32 Added item 170.
6-34 Added item 178.
6-35 Revised items 191 and 193.
6-36 Added item 206; revised item
207; relocated item 209.
6-37 Revised, relocated item 209
from pg.6-36; changed item
213 to 214; added new 213;
relocated items 215 and 217
to pg. 6-38.
6-38 Changed item
215 to 216,
relocated from pg. 6-37;
added new
216; relocated
item
217 from pg. 6-37;
relocated items
221 and 223
to pg. 6-39.
6-39 Relocated items
221 and 223
from pg. 6-38; added item
224; relocated items 225
thru 235 to pg. 6-40.
REPORT: VB-860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
umber and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
ev.3(cont) 6-40 Relocated items
225 thru 235
from pg. 6-39; added items
230 and
234; relocated items
237 thru 243 to pg. 6-41.
6-41
Relocated items 237 thru 243
from pg. 6-40; added item
242; relocated items
245 thru
251 to pg. 6-4la.
6-41a New page; relocated items
245 thru 25 Ifrom pg. 6-41.
6-41b New page.
6-47 Revised item 291.
6-48 Revised item 355.
7-9
Revised para. 7.9.
7-11 Revised Figure 7-9.
7-25 Revised para. 7.23.
W~
7-26 Revised Figure 7-25.
7-28 Revised Figure 7-27. Ward Evans
10-2 Revised para. 10.3 (h). Sept.
14, 1979
1-2
Revised Figure 1-1.
Rev. 4
1-4
Revised para. 1.7, 1.9 and UI.
761 662
2-3
Revised para. 2.7
(PR80030l) 2-4 Revised para. 2.11.
2-5 Revised para. 2.13.
2-6 Revised para. 2.23.
2-10 Added serial number effectivity
3-ii Added para. 3.37.
3-21
Added para. 3.37.
3-22 New page, contino para.
3.37.
5-23 Revised Figure 5-25.
5-24 Revised Figure 5-27.
5-32 Revised Figure 5-43.
6-9
Moved revised Figure 6-9
to pg. 6-10.
R
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REPORT: VB-860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
Rev. 4(cont) I6-10 ;Added revised Figure 6-9;
Iimoved revised Figure
6-11
:.
I
6-lOa Ito
pg. 6-IOa.
New page; added revised
IFigure 6-11.
6-IOb New page.
6-12 Revised Figure 6-15.
6-15 Revised sample problem.
6-28 Added item
125.
6~41 Added items 238 &240;
moved items 241.
242 and
243 to pg. 6-41a.
6-41a Relocated items 241. 242,
243; moved items
249 and
251 to pg. 6-4Ib.
6-41b Relocated items
249 and
251.
7-i
Added para. 7.41.
7-3 Revised Figure 7-1.
7-4 Revised Figure 7-3.
7-26 Revised Figure 7-25.
7-27 Revised para 7.23
7-37 New page; added para. 7.41.
8-11
Revised para. 8.19, and
para. 8-21.
8-lIa
New page; cont. revised
para. 8.21.
8-llb
New page; cont. revised
para.
8.21
9-i Added Supplements 4and
5.
9-23 Added pages (Supplement 4).
Ithru
9-26
l\)0I\1.
9-27 Added pages (Supplement
5).
thru Ward Evans
9-30 March I.
1980
REPORT: VB-860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision
FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
,
Rev. 5Title Revised title pg.
761 662 Publ Revised Warning.
(PR800926) 2-9 Revised
Takeoff and Landing
checklists; relocated placard
to pg 2-10.
2-10 Added placard from pg. 2-9.
4-9 Revised Before Takeoff
checklist.
4-11
Revised Approach and Landing
4-18 Revised para. 4
27.
4-23 Revised
para 4.37
5-5 Revised item 5.5 (c).
5-7
Revised items 5.5 (e), (f) and (g)
5-23 Revised Figure 5-25.
6-1
Revised pg nos.
6-4 Revised Figure 6-3.
6-6 Revised Figure 6-5.
6-22 Added items 59 and 61.
6-26 Added item
104: relocated
item to pg. 6-26a.
6-26a Added pg. (added items from
pgs. 6-26 and 6-27).
6-26b Added pg
6-27 Relocated items to pg. 6-26a,
added item from pg. 6-28
6-28 Relocated item to pg 6-27
6-28a Added pg.
6-28b Added pg. (added items from
pg 6-29;
added item 131\: re-
vised item
no )
6-2<i Relocated items to pg. 6-28b;
revised item no ;added items
142, 143 and 144
REPORT: VB-860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description of Revision Signature and
Code Pages Date
Rev. 5(cont)
6-35
Revised item no.
I6-3/i Relocated items to
pg. 6-36d:
Iadded items
193 and 194.
6·.16a,
Added pgs. (added items
6-36b,
200 thru 212).
6·36c
6-36d Added pg. (added renumbered
items from
pg. 6-36).
6·37, Renumbered items.
6·38,
6-39
6-40 Renumbered items: added items
229 and 230; relocated items
to pg. 6-41.
6-41 Added items from pg. 6-40; re-
numbered items; relocated item
to pg. 6-4Ia.
6-41a Added item from pg. 6-41;
renumbered items: added
items
243 and 245: relocated
items to pg. 6-4Ib.
6-41b Added items .from pg.
6-41 a;
renumbered item: relocated
item to pg. 6-42.
6-42
Added item from pg. 6-4Ib.
6-44 Added item
277 from pg. 6-45.
6-45 Relocated item to
pg. 6-44: re-
numbered item: added item
281.
6-48 Added item 353.
6-49 Renumbered and relocated
Iitem to pg. 6-50; added new
item
375.
6-50
Renumbered items: relocated
info. to
pg. 6-5 I; added item
from
pg. 6-49; added new
items 377 and 379.
REPORT: VB-860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision
FAA Approval
Number and Revised
Description of Revision
Signature and
Code Pages
Date
Rev 5(eont)
6-51
Added pg (added info from
pg 6-50).
7-18 Revised
Figure 7-17.
7-20 Revised
Figure 7-19.
7-26 Revised
Figure 7-25
7-30, Revised
para. 7.27
7-31
8~9
Revised Figure R-9
9-i Added Supplements 6 thru 13
9-31 Added Supplement 6
thru
(Air Conditioning)
9-36
9-37
Added Supplement 7
thru
(Century 21 Autopilot)
9-40
9-41 Added
Supplement 8
thru
(Century 41 Autopilot)
9-52
9-53.
Added Supplement 9
9-54
(Control Wheel Clock)
9-55
Added Supplement 10
thru
(WeatherScout II Radar)
9-60
9-61
Added Supplement II
thru
(RDR-160 Radar)
9-66
9-67
Added Supplement 12
thru
(RDR-160/lN-2026A Radar)
9-72
WQI\R
9-73 Added
Supplement 13
thru
(Color WeatherScout II Radar)
Watd Evans
9-76
~Cpl 26. 19S0
Rev 62-3 Revised
para 27
761 662 2-4 Revised
para 29. moved
WOAJ
(PRSOII19)
para 2 II 10 pg 2-5
2-5 Relocated
para 2II from pg 2-4
Ward Evans
6-24 Delcted items 79
and 81
Nov 19. 1980
REPORT: VB-860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Codes Pages Date
Rev. 72·4 Revised 2.9 (c).
761 662
3-i. ',it
IChanged page numbers.
(PR810105) .
3-5
1Revised Air Start
(Unfeathering Procedure).
3-7
Revised Electrical Failures.
3-8
Moved info. to pg. 3-lOa;
cont. Electrical Failure.
3-9
Moved info. to pg. 3-IOb;
cont. Electrical Failure.
3-10 Cont. Electrical Failure.
3-tOa
New page; relocated info.
from
pg. 3-8.
3-IOb
New page; relocated info.
from pg.
3-9.
3-13 •Revised engine failure during
takeoff (75 KIAS and above).
3-15
Revised Air Start
(Unfeathering Procedure).
3-16 Moved para.
3.11 to pg. 3-17;
cont. Air Start.
3-17 Relocated para.
3.11 from
pg.3-16.
3-19 Revised para. 3.23.
3-20 Moved para. 3.25 and para.
3.27 to pg. 3-22; cont. para.
3.23 revision.
3-21
Moved para. 3.29, 3.31, 3.33
and
3.35 to pg. 3-23 and para.
3.35 and
3.37 to pg. 3-24;
cont. para.
3.23 revision.
3·2~ Relocated para. 3.25 from
pg. 3-20; moved part of para.
3.37 to pg. 3-24.
3-23
New page; relocated para.
3.29,
3.31 and 3.35 from pg.
3-21.
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision
FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description
of Revision Signature and
Codes Pages Date
Rev. 7(cont) 3-24 New page; relocated para.
3.37 from pg.
3-21 and 3-22
6-34 Added item 180; moved item
185 to pg. 6-35.
6-35 Relocated item
185 from rg
6-35; moved items 191 and
192 to pg. 6-36.
6-36 Relocated items
191 and 192
from pg. 6-36.
7-16 Revised para. 7.17.
7-17 Revised Figure 7-15.
tJ~t;:'
7-19
Cont. para. 7.17 revision.
~
7-21
Deleted info. Ward Evans
9-77 Added info.
Jan 5,1981
Rev. 83-3 Revised Warning.
761 662 3-13 Added Warning.
(PR81041O) 4-i Changed pg. no. for para.
4.27.
4-18 Revised para. 4.27; moved
para. 4.29
to pg. 4-19.
4-19 Relocated para. 4.29 from
pg.4-18.
5-23 Revised fig. 5-25.
6-25 Revised items
99 and 10 I.
6-26 Revised items
103 and 104.
6-34 Revised item 178.
6-39 Added new item 228; moved
thru and renumbered items 228
6-42 thru 252; revised new item
244.
6-49 Revised item 375.
REPORT: VB·860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description of Revision Signature and
Codes Pages Date
Rev.8(cont)
() "0 Revised items
377 and 379.
i
7- s1Revised
fig. 7-15.
l')QJ·-!l &~.,
;
i-2U Revised fig. 7-19.
9·25 Revised Sec. 4(b) (8) a
and b.
Ward Evans
9-41
Revised Sec. 2(c). April
10, 1981
Rev. 9 1-5 Revised para. 1.13.
761 662 2-9 Revised check list.
(PR810724) 3-2 Revised procedure.
3-12 Revised procedure.
4-4 Relocated info. from pg. 4-5.
4-5 Moved info. to pg. 4-4;
revised procedure.
4-9 Revised procedure.
4-11
Revised procedure.
4-12b Revised Caution.
4-13 Added Note; moved para.
4.15 to pg. 4-14.
4-14 Relocated para. 4.15; moved
info.
to pg. 4-15.
4-15 Relocated info. from pg. 4-14.
4-17 Relocated info. from pg. 4-18.
4-18
Moved info. to pg. 4-17;
added Note; moved info. to
pg.4-19.
4-19
Relocated info. from pg. 4-18;
moved info. to pg. 4-20.
4-20 Relocated info. from pg. 4-19.
4-23 Revised para. 4.37; moved
info. to 4-24.
4-24 Relocated info. from pg. 4-23;
Imoved info. to pg. 4-25.
4-25 Relocated info. from pg. 4-24;
moved para. 4.47 to pg. 4-26.
REPORT: VB·860
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PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK LOG OF REVISIONS (cont)
Revision FAA Approval
Number and Revised Description of Revision Signature and
Codes Pages Date
Rev. 9(cont) 4-26 Relocated para. 4.47 from
pg. 4-25; moved info to
pg.4-27.
4-27 Relocated info. from pg. 4-26.
5-3 Revised para. 5.5 (a) (6).
5-7 Revised para. 5.5 (e) (4) (6);
(f) (l); (g) (I)
5-26 Revised fig. 5-31.
5-29 Revised
fig. 5-37.
5-30 Revised fig. 5-39.
6-28b Added item
136.
6-30 Moved item 159 to pg. 6-31
6-31
Relocated item 159; added
item
164; moved item 165
and 167 to pg. 6-32.
6-32 Relocated items
165 and 167
from pg. 6-31; moved item
171 to pg. 6-33.
6-33
Relocated item 171 from
pg. 6-32; moved item
175 to
pg.6-34.
6-34 Relocated item
175 from
pg. 6-33; moved items 179
thru 183 to pg. 6-35.
6-35
Relocated items 179 thru 183
from pg. 6-34.
6-36 Revised item
194.
6-38 Renumbered items; moved
renumbered items
to pg.
6-38a.
6-38a New page; added items
229
and 231; relocated renum-
bered item from pg. 6-3g
6-38b New page; relocated
renumbered items from
pg. 6-39.
REPORT: VB-860
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