Loss of an engine

[mshac]

There's a theory in the Bonanza world that if an option was offered on a later model, it can be added to an earlier model without an STC. There's reasonable limits to this line of thinking of course.

An example is installing a modern instrument panel in an older Bonanza. This is done frequently, and I don't think there is any STC for it. You just do it.

Same thing with switching out the early nose gear brace with a beefier one from a later model. Again, you just do it. Its a factory part approved for later models.

Or upgrading the controls to modern ramshorns - you just do it.

There are many other examples I could cite, but you get the idea.

This line of thinking could potentially be applied to the rear access hatch.