68-25-03: Autopilot
FAA order 68-25-03 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Autopilot. System: flight controls.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- The Boeing Company
- Models
- DC-8-61, DC-8-61F, DC-8-62, DC-8-62F, DC-8-63, DC-8-63F
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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68-25-03 MCDONNELL DOUGLAS: Amendment 39-690. Applies to all McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8-61/61F/62/62F/63/63F Airplanes. \n\n\tPrior to next operation, unless already accomplished, install a placard in the cockpit in clear view of the pilot reading, "With flaps down, do not operate with autopilot and/or yaw damper engaged." This placard may be removed when the inspection and/or corrective action specified in McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Alert Service Bulletin No. A27-229, dated November 18, 1968 is accomplished, or an equivalent inspection and/or corrective action approved by the Chief, Aircraft Engineering Division, FAA Western Region. \n\n\tThis amendment becomes effective upon publication in the FEDERAL REGISTER for all persons except those to whom it was made effective immediately by telegram dated November 20, 1968.
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/68-25-03.json · aircraft systems.