# AD 46-30-01: Control Stick Horn Adjustment Screw

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Don Luscombe Aviation History Foundation 8A
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 899 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/66C70A8166CBFCFD86256A380063A6D1.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-30-01

## The airworthiness directive

46-30-01 LUSCOMBE: (Was Mandatory Note 1 of AD-694-4.) Applies Only to Model 8A Serial Numbers 2201 to 2614 Inclusive; 2616 to 2632 Inclusive; 2635, 2637, 2639, 2642, and 2645.

Compliance required prior to completion of next 10 hours of operation.

Replace the adjustment screw now installed in the lower end of the control stick horn, which is located beneath the floor boards with an AN 520-10-44 screw in order to prevent interference with the lower fuselage skin on the forward flange of the landing gear bulkhead.

(Luscombe Service Bulletin No. 2-46 covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-694](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-694): Luscombe Aircraft Corporation; names 1 of 8 models: 8A

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 899 (899 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Luscombe 897, Luscombe/Ranger Avia 1, Luscombe/Wilder 1

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Luscombe 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8a): 897 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Luscombe/Wilder 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-wilder-8a): 1 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Luscombe/Ranger Avia 8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-ranger-avia-8a): 1 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-30-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/46-30-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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