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68-19-05: Utility Category Placard

FAA order 68-19-05 is an airworthiness directive in force since September 13, 1968. The FAA's subject line: Utility Category Placard. It names Cessna 172 Skyhawk: about 20,670 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
Textron Aviation Inc.
Models
172B, 172C, 172D, 172E, 172F (USAF T-41A), 172G
On this site
Cessna 172 Skyhawk 20,670 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since
September 13, 1968
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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68-19-05 CESSNA: Amendment 39-652. Applies to Types 172B, 172C, 172D, 172E, 172F, and 172G airplanes equipped with a Franklin Engine Co., Inc. Model 6A-335-B engine installed in accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate No. SA11680. Compliance required as indicated within the next 25 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished. To prevent possible structural damage to the airplane, resulting from conducting Utility Category maneuvers, accomplish the following: Remove any placarded reference to Utility Category specifications and install a placard stating, "Use in Utility Category Prohibited." This amendment effective September 13, 1968.

Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders

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2019-02-12CE-19-01 · Engine Oil and Airplane Hour Meter; Pressure Switch Failure
2018-11-21SW-18-31 · NAVIGATION, ATTITUDE, AND DIRECTION DATA SYSTEM
2018-07-19CE-18-23 · Passenger Compartment Equipment - Installation of F. Atlee Dodge Aircraft Services LLC. Folding Jump Seats

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 8, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/68-19-05.json · aircraft systems.