Patent ID: 8016227

Claim:
An engine cowl door assembly for a fuselage mounted turbine engine comprising: at least one non-handed engine cowl door; a pylon apron coupled to the fuselage of an aircraft and providing an attachment point for a first portion of the at least one engine cowl door, the pylon apron positioned on an inboard side of the fuselage mounted turbine engine; and a fairing coupled to the fuselage mounted turbine engine and providing a latching point for a second portion of the at least one engine cowl door to the fuselage mounted turbine engine, the fairing positioned on an outboard side of the fuselage mounted turbine engine, wherein the pylon apron and the fairing are identically shaped to provide interchangeability of the at least one non-handed engine cowl door from the fuselage mounted turbine engine mounted on a first side of an aircraft fuselage to a fuselage mounted turbine engine mounted on a opposed second side of the aircraft fuselage.