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74-18-06: Fuel Quantity Placards

FAA order 74-18-06 is an airworthiness directive in force since August 28, 1974. The FAA's subject line: Fuel Quantity Placards. It names Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow: about 18,633 aircraft on the U.S. register today, though an order usually covers particular versions or serial numbers rather than every one. System: fuel system.

What it applies to as the FAA lists it

Kind of product
Aircraft
Makes
Piper Aircraft Inc.
Models
PA-28-235
On this site
Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,633 registered

Dates and paperwork

In force since
August 28, 1974
Published
August 23, 1974 (signed August 14, 1974)
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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74-18-06 PIPER: Amendment 39-1932. Applies to PA-28-235 airplanes Serial numbers 28-7310001 to 28-7310064 inclusive and 28-7410001 to 28-7410039 inclusive certificated in all categories. Compliance required within the next 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished. To detect and replace erroneous fuel quantity placards, accomplish the following: 1. Inspect the fuel quantity placards located on both aircraft wing (inboard main) fuel tanks and replace each placard that does not state "Usable fuel capacity 24 gallons", with Placard Piper Part Number 69669-64V or an equivalent placard approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Southern Region. 2. Inspect the fuel selector placard (in the aircraft cabin) and replace the placard if it does not state "24 gallons" at both the left main and the right main positions with Placard Piper Part Number 69672-00V or an equivalent placard approved by the Chief, Engineering and Manufacturing Branch, Federal Aviation Administration, Southern Region. Piper Service Letter No. 720 pertains to this same subject. This amendment becomes effective August 28, 1974.

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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 7, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/74-18-06.json · aircraft systems.