# AD 60-03-06: Control Stick

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 145 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/A0125BF301A7238A86256A4900534609.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-03-06

## The airworthiness directive

60-03-06 NAVY: Amdt. 98 Part 507 Federal Register February 3, 1960. Applies to All N3N-3 Aircraft Including Those Certification in the Restricted Category. Compliance required within the next 10 hours' time in service. A fatal accident resulted when a control stick separated from the lower fitting. To preclude recurrence of this condition, the following shall be accomplished: (a) Replace the two rivets which attach the control stick to the bottom fitting with AN steel bolts, undrilled type, of the equivalent diameter of the rivets, AN 960 washers and AN 364 or AN 365 nuts. The bolt grip shall equal the diameter of the control stick plus the washer thickness. The bolt installation shall not interfere with the full range of control stick movement. This applies to the control sticks in both cockpits.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-2-569](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-2-569): Naval Aircraft Factory; names 1 of 1 models: N3N-3

## 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: 145 (145 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Naval Aircraft Factory 145

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/naval-aircraft-factory-n3n-3): 145 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-03-06/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/60-03-06/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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