59-06-05: Nose Gear Bungee
FAA order 59-06-05 is an airworthiness directive published May 9, 1959. The FAA's subject line: Nose Gear Bungee. It names Piper PA-24 Comanche: about 2,428 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: landing gear.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Piper Aircraft Inc.
- Models
- PA-24, PA-24-250
- On this site
- Piper PA-24 Comanche 2,428 registered
Dates and paperwork
- Published
- May 9, 1959 (signed May 4, 1959)
- 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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59-06-05 PIPER: Applies to Models PA-24 and PA-24 "250", Serial Numbers 24-1 To 24-503 Inclusive.
Compliance required by June 1, 1959.
Due to failures of the nose gear elastic bungee cord, P/N 31322-08, it must be replaced by a coil spring and link arrangement, Piper Modification Kit P/N 754 205 or equivalent.
(Piper Service Bulletin No. 168 covers this subject.)
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
2013-05-09NE-13-32 · Propeller Spinner Section
2008-09-17CE-08-50 · Landing Gear Manual Extension System Inspection
2005-07-07CE-05-67 ·
2004-09-15CE-04-88 ·
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/59-06-05.json · aircraft systems.