69-05-04: Landing Gear Buffer Plate
FAA order 69-05-04 is an airworthiness directive in force since April 5, 1969. The FAA's subject line: Landing Gear Buffer Plate. It names Schleicher AS-K13: about 14 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
- Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.
- Models
- AS-K 13
- On this site
- Schleicher AS-K13 14 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- April 5, 1969
- 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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69-05-04 SCHLEICHER: Amdt. 39-730. Applies to Schleicher Model ASK-13 gliders, Serial Numbers 13000 through 13104, 13108, 13109, except Serial Numbers 13071 and 13096.
Compliance required within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.
To prevent the landing gear end buffer plate from slipping inside the rubber buffer, replace the 2.76-inch diameter buffer plate located on the left and right landing gear with a 3.55- inch diameter buffer plate, in accordance with Schleicher Modification No. 3, dated September 4, 1968, or later LBA-approved issue or an FAA-approved equivalent.
This amendment becomes effective April 5, 1969.
Related safety bulletins advice on the same designs, not orders
1997-11-12ACE-98-06 ·
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 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/69-05-04.json · aircraft systems.