# AD 53-17-01: Control Stick Boot

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Mooney Mite M-18C, M-18C 55, M-18L and M-18LA
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 98 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/A86064952BC556AA86256A4500596D8C.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-17-01

## The airworthiness directive

53-17-01 MOONEY: Applies to All Model M-18 Series Aircraft. Compliance required by October 15, 1953. To prevent possible fouling of controls and the control stick by foreign objects install canvas boot P/N 22-7 around control stick and secure to floor boards. These boots are available from Mooney Aircraft, Inc., Box 72, Kerrville, Texas. (Mooney Service Bulletin No. 11 covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-803](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-803): Mooney Mite Aircraft Corporation; names 4 of 4 models: M-18L, M-18C, M-18C 55, M-18LA

## 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: 98 (98 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Mooney 98

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Mooney M-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18c): 52 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mooney M-18L](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18l): 23 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mooney M-18C 55](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18c-55): 12 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Mooney M-18LA](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18la): 11 aircraft (airframe model)

All 4 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-17-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-17-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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