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59-08-03: Operating Limitations Placard

FAA order 59-08-03 is an airworthiness directive in force since May 1, 1959. The FAA's subject line: Operating Limitations Placard. 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: other and general.

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

In force since
May 1, 1959
Published
June 9, 1959 (signed June 3, 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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59-08-03 PIPER: Applies to Model PA-23, Serial Numbers 23-1502 To 23-1558 Inclusive, 23-1560 To 23-1562 Inclusive and 23-1565 To 23-1567 Inclusive. Compliance required by May 1, 1959. Install an operating limitations placard on the instrument panel stating "This airplane must be operated as a normal category airplane in compliance with the airplane flight manual. Acrobatic maneuvers including spins prohibited." (Piper Service Bulletin No. 169 covers this subject.)

Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders

2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
2017-02-21CE-17-08 · Main Landing Gear Drag Link Bolt
2012-09-17CE-12-44 · Exhaust systems
2008-01-09CE-08-11 · Landing Gear
2005-07-07CE-05-67 ·

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/59-08-03.json · aircraft systems.