# AD 58-22-03: Goodrich G-3-787 Wheel Assembly

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Piper PA-23
- Published: December 16, 1958
- Issued: December 16, 1958
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 155 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/B17B4C8B2064E5AC8625698B007652FF.0001
- DRS record last changed: November 21, 2025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/58-22-03

## The airworthiness directive

58-22-03 PIPER: Applies to All Model PA-23 Aircraft Equipped With Goodrich G-3-787 Main Wheel Assemblies.

Compliance required as indicated.

Failures of the Goodrich G-3-787 wheel assembly are being reported. These wheels may be continued in service subject to inspection as specified below, or replaced with Goodrich G-3-880 wheel assembly or Cleveland Aircraft Products wheel assembly Model 3060 or 3080A and brake assembly Model 3000-500 or another equivalent approved type wheel and brake combination.

1. Remove wheels and tires and inspect wheels at each one hundred hours of operation or at each tire change, whichever occurs first.

2. Inspect the flange area of both wheel halves by means of Dy-Check or Zyglo, whichever is available. Cracks may appear on either the inside or outside surface of the flange.

3. If cracks are present in the flange area, remove the defective wheel half from service and replace as indicated above.

4. To detect possible flange failures during preflight inspection, look for outward deformation of flanges. A wheel with a flange failure will appear to wobble when rotated.

(Goodrich Service Bulletin No. 102, dated July 25, 1956, and Piper Service Letter No. 291, dated June 5, 1957, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 1A10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A10): Piper Aircraft Inc.; names 1 of 6 models: PA-23

## 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: 155 (155 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Piper 155

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Piper PA-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23): 155 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/58-22-03/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/58-22-03/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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