# AD 65-19-02: Aileron Control Column Links

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Textron 23 and A23
- Effective: August 26, 1965
- Published: August 26, 1965
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-125
- Registered aircraft: 232 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/74977D82A019A60D86256A080071A9B6.0001
- DRS record last changed: January 21, 2026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/65-19-02

## The airworthiness directive

65-19-02 BEECH: Amdt. 39-125 Part 39 Federal Register August 26, 1965. Applies to Model 23 Airplanes, Serial Numbers M-225 through M-554 except M-344, M-381, M-387, M- 389, and M-390; and Model A23 Airplanes, Serial Numbers M-556 through M-791 except M- 737, M-742, M-763, N-764, M-777, and M-780.

Compliance required within the next 50 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD unless already accomplished.

To prevent failure of the aileron control column links due to insufficient edge distance and resultant loss of aileron control, accomplish the following:

Visually inspect the four links, P/N 169-524040-15, that attach the aileron cable to the chain on the control column for edge distance. Replace each link with edge distance less than 0.16 inch, measured from the center of the attach hole to the edge of the link, with a link with edge distance of 0.16 inch or greater or an FAA-approved equivalent.

(Beech Service Bulletin No. 65-13, dated July1965, covers this same subject.)

This directive effective August 26, 1965.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A1CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1CE): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 2 of 14 models: A23, 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: 232 (232 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Beech 232

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23): 147 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23): 85 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/65-19-02/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/65-19-02/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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