# AD 53-24-03: Landing Gear Bellcrank

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Mooney Mite M-18L
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 23 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/3D328482E36F674A86256A4500598306.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-24-03

## The airworthiness directive

53-24-03 MOONEY: Applies to All Model M-18L Aircraft Which Have Not Had the Landing Gear Bellcrank Cover Installed. Compliance required by February 28, 1954. In order to prevent baggage from jamming or fouling the landing gear retraction bellcrank P/N 35-1, install bellcrank covers, P/N 1028-1 with installing angles P/N 1028-2. (Mooney Service Bulletin No. 12 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 1 of 4 models: M-18L

## 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: 23 (23 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Mooney 23

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Mooney M-18L](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18l): 23 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-24-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/53-24-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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