# AD 68-19-05: Utility Category Placard

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Textron 172B, 172C, 172D, 172E, 172F (USAF T-41A) and 172G
- Effective: September 13, 1968
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Amendment: 39-652
- Registered aircraft: 3,302 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/5CA72FC2ACA2B5D186256A340062822D.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/68-19-05

## The airworthiness directive

68-19-05 CESSNA: Amendment 39-652. Applies to Types 172B, 172C, 172D, 172E, 172F, and 172G airplanes equipped with a Franklin Engine Co., Inc. Model 6A-335-B engine installed in accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate No. SA11680.

Compliance required as indicated within the next 25 hours time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent possible structural damage to the airplane, resulting from conducting Utility Category maneuvers, accomplish the following:

Remove any placarded reference to Utility Category specifications and install a placard stating, "Use in Utility Category Prohibited."

This amendment effective September 13, 1968.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12): Textron Aviation Inc.; names 6 of 18 models: 172F (USAF T-41A), 172G, 172D, 172C, 172E, 172B

## 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: 3,302 (3,302 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Cessna 3,302

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g): 722 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f): 717 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e): 617 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 172D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172d): 471 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b): 413 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Cessna 172C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c): 362 aircraft (airframe model)

All 6 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/68-19-05/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/68-19-05/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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