# AD 63-04-03: Trim Controls

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Sud Caravelle SE 210 Model III and Caravelle SE 210 Model VIR
- Effective: March 12, 1963
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Large airplane
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/75EEF93CEAAE8E71862569BB006BABA5.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/63-04-03

## The airworthiness directive

63-04-03 SUD AVIATION: Amdt. 534 Part 507 Federal Register February 9, 1963. Applies to All SE-210 Caravelle Mark III and VIR Aircraft Except Serial Numbers 117, 120, 125 and Subsequent.

Compliance required as indicated.

To prevent the flight control system push-pull rod from jamming adjacent components in the event of loss of a connecting bolt, and thereby preventing emergency control of the aircraft by means of trim controls, accomplish the following:

  (a) For aircraft with 2,700 or more hours' time in service as of the effective date of this AD, compliance with (c) is required within the next 300 hours' time in service.

  (b) For aircraft with less than 2,700 hours' time in service as of the effective date of this AD, compliance with (c) is required prior to 3,000 hours' time in service.

  (c) Install push-pull rod guards at each aileron, elevator and rudder control rod in accordance with Sud Aviation Caravelle Service Bulletins Nos. 27-130, revised May 9, 1962, and 27-157 dated July 20, 1962, or an FAA approved equivalent.

This directive effective March 12, 1963.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 7A6](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/7A6): Sud Aviation; names 2 of 3 models: Caravelle SE 210 Model VIR, Caravelle SE 210 Model III

## 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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