85-11-06: Control Loss
FAA order 85-11-06 is an airworthiness directive in force since May 30, 1985. The FAA's subject line: Control Loss. It names Piper PA-38 Tomahawk: about 442 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
- Piper Aircraft Inc.
- Models
- PA-38-112
- On this site
- Piper PA-38 Tomahawk 442 registered
Dates and paperwork
- In force since
- May 30, 1985
- Published
- May 30, 1985 (signed May 15, 1985)
- 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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85-11-06 PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION: Amendment 39-5069. Applies to Model PA-38-112 (TOMAHAWK), (Serial Numbers 38-78A0001 thru 38-82A0122) airplanes certificated in any category.
Compliance: Required within the next 50 hours time-in-service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.
To prevent the loss of control, accomplish the following:
(a) For Serial Numbers 38-78A000I through 38-79A1160 airplanes, modify the control wheel shaft bushing in accordance with the instructions in Piper Service Bulletin No. 661, dated August 22, 1979.
(b) For Serial Numbers 38-78A0001 through 38-82A0122 airplanes, modify the elevator control travel in accordance with the instructions in Piper Service Bulletin No. 800, dated November 19, 1984.
(c) Airplanes may be flown in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulation 21.197 to a location where the AD may be accomplished.
(d) An equivalent means of compliance with this AD may be used if approved bythe Manager, Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office, 1075 Inner Loop Road, College Park, Georgia 30337; telephone (404) 763-7428.
All persons affected by this directive may obtain copies of the documents referred to herein upon requests to Piper Aircraft Corporation, Post Office Box 1328, Vero Beach, Florida 32961, or FAA, Office of Regional Counsel, Room 1558, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106.
This amendment becomes effective on May 30, 1985.
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 5, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/85-11-06.json · aircraft systems.