72-02-06: Automatic Pilot Instruments
FAA order 72-02-06 is an airworthiness directive in force since January 31, 1972. The FAA's subject line: Automatic Pilot Instruments. It names Cessna 182 Skylane, Cessna 206 Stationair, Cessna 210 Centurion, Cessna 337 Skymaster, Cessna P206 Super Skylane, Cessna U206 Stationair: about 14,900 aircraft on the U.S. register today across them, 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
- Appliance
- Makes
- Cessna Aircraft Company; Mitchell Industries, Inc.
- Models
- 182E, 182F, 182G, 182H, 206, 210-5 (205), 210-5A (205A), 210B, 210C, 210D, 210E, 337, P206, U206, Automatic Pilot Instruments
- On this site
- Cessna 182 Skylane 11,828 registered
Cessna 206 Stationair 213 registered
Cessna 210 Centurion 1,527 registered
Cessna 337 Skymaster 371 registered
Cessna P206 Super Skylane 163 registered
Cessna U206 Stationair 798 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- January 31, 1972
- 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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72-02-06 MITCHELL INDUSTRIES, INC., doing business as EDO-AIRE MITCHELL: Amdt. 39-1383. Applies to Mitchell automatic pilot instruments installed in various Cessna aircraft in accordance with the following Supplemental Type Certificates:
AUTOPILOT MODEL
STC NUMBER
AIRCRAFT MAKE AND MODE
AK086
SA20SW
Cessna 210B and C
AK086R
SA20SW
Cessna 210B and C
AK086E
SA20SW
Cessna 210B and C
AK088
SA27SW
Cessna 182E and F
AK088R
SA27SW
Cessna 182E and F
AK088E
SA27SW
Cessna 182E and F
AK110
SA101SW
Cessna 182E, F and G
AK110E
SA101SW
Cessna 182E, F and G
AK110E-3
SA101SW
Cessna 182E, F and G
AK112
SA89SW
Cessna 210B and C
AK120
SA149SW
(Cessna 210-5, 210-5A,)
AK120E
SA149SW
( 206, P206, )
AK120E-3
SA149SW
( and U206, )
AK126
SA330SW
Cessna 210D and E
AK126E
SA330SW
Cessna 210D and E
AK126E-3
SA330SW
Cessna 210D and E
AK154
SA489SW
Cessna 182H
AK154E
SA489SW
Cessna 182H
AK154E-3
SA489SW
Cessna 182HAK155
SA491SW
Cessna 337
AK155E
SA491SW
Cessna 337
AK155E-3
SA491SW
Cessna 337
Compliance required within the next ten (10) hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.
To prevent fatigue failure of the control wheel shaft with possible resultant loss of aileron and elevator control, accomplish the following:
Remove the Mitchell automatic pilot instrument servo, inspect the control wheel shaft, take corrective action as necessary, and reassemble in accordance with Edo-Aire Mitchell Service Bulletin No. MB-6 dated October 29, 1971, or later FAA approved revision, or any other method approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas.
NOTE: The Mitchell automatic pilot instrument servo may be reinstalled in accordance with Edo-Aire Mitchell Service Letter ML-32 dated December 22, 1971, or later FAA approved revision, or any other methodapproved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Southwest Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Fort Worth, Texas.
The bulletin and letter mentioned herein may be obtained from Edo-Aire Mitchell, P. O. Box 610, Mineral Wells, Texas 76067.
This amendment becomes effective January 31, 1972.
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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/72-02-06.json · aircraft systems.
