# AD 62-18-01: Rudder Tab Balance Weights

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: D & R Nevada 22, 22M, 30 and 30A
- Effective: August 18, 1962
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/3998FA66A8D22993862569B2005690DC.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/62-18-01

## The airworthiness directive

62-18-01 GENERAL DYNAMICS/CONVAIR: Amdt. 475 Part 507 Federal Register August 18, 1962. Applies to All Models 22, 22M, and 30 Series Aircraft.

Compliance required within 150 hours' time in service following the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent loose rudder flight tab balance weights, the following shall be accomplished: Inspect the rudder flight tab balance weight attachments for looseness of the balance weight, missing weights, missing attachment nuts and/or bolts, and for elongation of the attachment bolt holes in the balance weights and attachment arms in accordance with General Dynamics/Convair Alert Service Bulletins A27-60, A27-31, or A27-32, as appropriate. If any of the noted defects are found, they shall be corrected prior to the next flight, as specified in General Dynamics/Convair Alert Service Bulletins A27-60, A27-31, or A27-32, as appropriate, or by an FAA engineering approved equivalent method.

(General Dynamics/Convair Alert Service Bulletins A27-60, A27-31, and A27-32 for the Models 22, 22M, and 30 respectively cover this same subject.)

This directive effective August 18, 1962.

## Affected data sheets (2) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 4A27](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A27): CV Nevada, LLC; names 2 of 2 models: 22, 22M
- [TCDS 4A30](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4A30): CV Nevada, LLC; names 2 of 2 models: 30, 30A

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

No registered aircraft matched the models it names.

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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