# AD 69-05-04: Landing Gear Buffer Plate

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Alexander Schleicher AS-K 13
- Effective: April 5, 1969
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Glider
- Amendment: 39-730
- Registered aircraft: 14 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/0A01E2B30028196386256A54006F18AB.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-05-04

## The airworthiness directive

69-05-04 SCHLEICHER: Amdt. 39-730. Applies to Schleicher Model ASK-13 gliders, Serial Numbers 13000 through 13104, 13108, 13109, except Serial Numbers 13071 and 13096.

Compliance required within the next 100 hours' time in service after the effective date of this AD, unless already accomplished.

To prevent the landing gear end buffer plate from slipping inside the rubber buffer, replace the 2.76-inch diameter buffer plate located on the left and right landing gear with a 3.55- inch diameter buffer plate, in accordance with Schleicher Modification No. 3, dated September 4, 1968, or later LBA-approved issue or an FAA-approved equivalent.

This amendment becomes effective April 5, 1969.

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS G15EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G15EU): Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau; names 1 of 1 models: AS-K 13

## 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: 14 (14 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Schleicher 14

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Schleicher AS-K13](https://openairdocs.org/model/schleicher-as-k13): 14 aircraft (airframe model)

All 1 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-05-04/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/69-05-04/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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