58-04-03: Rudder Trim Tab Adjustment Screw
FAA order 58-04-03 is an airworthiness directive published March 13, 1958. The FAA's subject line: Rudder Trim Tab Adjustment Screw. It names Piper PA-23 Apache and Aztec: about 1,315 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Piper Aircraft Inc.
- Models
- PA-23
- On this site
- Piper PA-23 Apache and Aztec 1,315 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Published
- March 13, 1958
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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58-04-03 PIPER: Applies to Model PA-23 Aircraft, Serial Numbers 23-1 to 2-1253 Inclusive.
Compliance required at next 100-hour inspection but not later than April 1, 1958, whichever occurs first.
As a result of a number of failures, the hollow rudder trim tab adjustment screw, P/N 18453-00, must be replaced with a solid screw, P/N 18453-02.
(Piper Service Bulletin No. 162 covers this same subject.)
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Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/58-04-03.json · aircraft systems.