60-03-06: Control Stick

FAA order 60-03-06 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Control Stick. It names Naval Aircraft Factory N3: about 145 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: Naval Aircraft Factory
Models: N3N-3
On this site: Naval Aircraft Factory N3 145 registered

Dates and paperwork

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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60-03-06	NAVY:  Amdt. 98 Part 507 Federal Register February 3, 1960.  Applies to All N3N-3 Aircraft Including Those Certification in the Restricted Category. 
	Compliance required within the next 10 hours' time in service. 
	A fatal accident resulted when a control stick separated from the lower fitting.  To preclude recurrence of this condition, the following shall be accomplished: 
	(a)	Replace the two rivets which attach the control stick to the bottom fitting with AN steel bolts, undrilled type, of the equivalent diameter of the rivets, AN 960 washers and AN 364 or AN 365 nuts.  The bolt grip shall equal the diameter of the control stick plus the washer thickness.  The bolt installation shall not interfere with the full range of control stick movement. 
	This applies to the control sticks in both cockpits.

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 October 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/60-03-06.json · aircraft systems.